When does corporate diversification matter to productivity and performance? Evidence from East Asia

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-392

  Claessens, Stijn ^a   Djankov, Simeon ^b   Fan, Joseph P H ^c   Lang, Larry H P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Corporate diversification; Learning by doing; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141800061     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(03)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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