Performance effects of firms' expansion paths within and across industries and nations

Strategic Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-81

  Hutzschenreuter, Thomas ^a   Guenther, Fabian ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversification; Expansion path; Longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649120692     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127007087153     Document Type: Article

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