Corporate governance and strategy: A test of the association between governance structures and diversification on Swedish data

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-165

  Collin, Sven Olof ^a   Bengtsson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diversification; Financial group; Ownership structure; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040434968     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00192     Document Type: Article

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