Corporate diversification, TMT experience, and performance: Evidence from German SMEs

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-56

  Singh, Deeksha A ^a   Gaur, Ajai S ^b   Schmid, Florian P ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Roland Berger Strategy Consultants   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geographic diversification; Germany; Performance; Product diversification; SMEs; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955051734     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-009-0025-4     Document Type: Article

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