Diversification strategy, entry mode, and performance: Evidence of choice and constraints

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-327

  Busija, Edith C ^a   O'Neill, Hugh M ^b   Zeithaml, Carl P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Diversification strategy; Internal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005993257     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199704)18:4<321::AID-SMJ874>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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