Understanding Samsung's Diversification Strategy: The Case of Samsung Motors Inc.

Long Range Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 488-504

  Lee, Woonghee ^a   Lee, Nam S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

DIVERSIFICATION; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MANUFACTURING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 34548855071     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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