Business groups and their types

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-437

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business groups; Diversification; Family ownership; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846001635     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9012-5     Document Type: Article

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