Investment and the behavioral theory of the firm: Evidence from shipbuilding

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1051-1076

  Greve, Henrich R ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; SHIPBUILDING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0242708915     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/12.5.1051     Document Type: Article

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