Economic performance of group-affiliated companies in Korea: Intragroup resource sharing and internal business transactions

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 429-448

  Chang, Sea Jin ^a   Hong, Jaebum ^a  

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EID: 0034339524     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556403     Document Type: Article

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