Using competition to measure relatedness

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1078-1107

  Lien, Lasse B ^a   Klein, Peter G ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Diversification; Measurement; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249114485     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308328505     Document Type: Article

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