The evidence from Canadian firms on multinational diversification and performance

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 561-578

  Mathur, Ike ^a   Singh, Manohar ^b   Gleason, Kimberly C ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; F200; F230; F300; G320; International diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041825476     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(00)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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