The diversification puzzle: Revisiting the value impact of diversification for UK firms

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1508-1534

  Barnes, Edel ^a   Hardie Brown, Gael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diversification; Industry; Internationalization; Risk; Value impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845427937     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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