Diversification strategy, capital structure, and the asian financial crisis (1997-1998): Evidence from singapore firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 577-594

  Lim, Elizabeth Ngah Kiing ^a   Das, Shobha S ^b   Das, Amit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Asian financial crisis; Contingency theory; Debt financing; Diversification strategy; Environment

Indexed keywords

AGENCY THEORY; ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS; CONTINGENCY THEORY; DEBT FINANCING; DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENT;

FINANCE;

EID: 67649992835     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.752     Document Type: Article

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