Home country environments, corporate diversification strategies, and firm performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-45

  Wan, William P ^b   Hoskisson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037298038     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30040674     Document Type: Article

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