Diversification to Achieve Scale and Scope: The Strategic Implications of Resource Management for Value Creation

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 23, Issue , 2006, Pages 549-587

  Holcomb, Tim R ^a   Michael Holmes Jr , R ^a   Hitt, Michael A ^a  

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EID: 33745684137     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(06)23017-1     Document Type: Review

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