The dominance of diversified versus specialized firms across industries

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-340

  Santaló, Juan ^a   Becerra, Manuel ^a  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversified firm; Firm diversification; Specialized firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 31844445945     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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