Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture, International Diversification, and Firm Performance

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-73

  Thoumrungroje, Amonrat ^a   Tansuhaj, Patriya ^b  

^a ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Entrepreneurship; Firm performance; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849089725     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200500003     Document Type: Review

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