Corporate governance, strategy and structure in British business history, 1950-2000

Business History

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 91-124

  Toms, Steve ^a   Wright, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036065769     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713999280     Document Type: Article

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