Multinational diversification and corporate performance: Evidence from european firms

European Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 439-464

  Mathur, Ike ^a   Singh, Manohar ^b   Gleason, Kimberly C ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; European unification; F21; F23; F31; Multinational diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249191253     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2004.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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