When and how does business group affiliation promote firm innovation? A tale of two emerging economies

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-656

  Chang, Sea Jin ^a   Chung, Chi Nien ^b   Mahmood, Ishtiaq P ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business groups; Comparative institutional perspective; Emerging economies; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749371985     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0202     Document Type: Article

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