What determines the scope of the firm over time and around the world? An Asia Pacific perspective

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-405

  Peng, Mike W ^a   Delios, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Geographic diversification; Institution based view; Product diversification; Scope of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846008355     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9021-4     Document Type: Article

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