Diversification dynamics of the Japanese industry

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1165-1184

  Gemba, Kiminori ^a   Kodama, Fumio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diversification; Downstream; Entropy; Japanese industries; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035478359     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(00)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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