Why do successful companies fail? A case study of the decline of Dunlop

Business History

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 886-907

  McGovern, Tom ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dunlop; Organizational Decline; Tyre Industry

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DEBT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; TIRE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 37149016036     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076790701710407     Document Type: Article

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