The determinants of firm diversification in UK quoted companies

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2059-2071

  Gourlay, Adrian ^a   Seaton, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MARKET CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5044226228     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000295610     Document Type: Article

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