Economies of connectedness: Concept and application

Journal of International Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-285

  Dieleman, Marleen ^a   Sachs, Wladimir M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Business groups; Diversification; Economies of connectedness; Economies of scope; Indonesia; Salim Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949120063     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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