Peering at the past century's corporate strategy through the looking glass of time-series analysis: Extrapolating from Chandler's classic mid-century American firms?

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1225-1254

  Acar, William ^a   Keating, Robert J ^b   Aupperle, Kenneth E ^b   Hall Jr , William W ^b   Engdahl, Richard A ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041671069     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.t01-1-00378     Document Type: Article

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