Business groups and market failures: A focus on vertical and horizontal strategies

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-452

  Li, Mingfang ^a,b   Ramaswamy, Kannan ^c   Pécherot Petitt, Barbara S ^d  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

^d SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Business groups; Diversification; Market failures; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846018882     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9016-1     Document Type: Review

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