Corporate diversification: The impact of foreign competition, industry globalization, and product diversification

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-132

  Wiersema, Margarethe F ^a   Bowen, Harry P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Foreign competition; Globalization; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FOREIGN COMPETITION; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONALIZATION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38849187248     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.653     Document Type: Article

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