Creating relational rents: The effect of business groups on affiliated firms' performance in Indonesia

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-557

  Mursitama, Tirta Nugraha ^a  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business groups; Capabilities; Indonesian firms; Relational rents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846000948     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9014-3     Document Type: Article

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