Are tradeoffs inherent in diversification moves? A simultaneous model for type of diversification and mode of expansion decisions

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-41

  Chatterjee, Sayan ^a   Singh, Jagdip ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Mode of Entry; Relatedness; Resource Based View

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

DIVERSIFICATION DECISIONS; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION MODELS (SEM);

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032633984     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.1.25     Document Type: Article

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