The costs (and benefits?) of diversified business groups: The case of Korean chaebols

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-273

  Ferris, Stephen P ^a   Kim, Kenneth A ^b   Kitsabunnarat, Pattanaporn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaebol; Corporate diversification; Value loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290354     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(01)00248-5     Document Type: Article

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