Business groups: An integrated model to focus future research: Review paper

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1551-1579

  Yiu, Daphne W ^a   Lu, Yuan ^b   Bruton, Garry D ^b   Hoskisson, Robert E ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 36849064665     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00735.x     Document Type: Review

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