Business group characteristics and affiliated firm innovation: The case of Taiwan

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 560-570

  Hsieh, Tsun Jui ^a   Yeh, Ryh Song ^b   Chen, Yu Ju ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business group; Family tie; Innovation; Inside ownership; Patent

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952956606     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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