Technological diversification and organizational divisionalization: The moderating role of complementary assets

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 983-995

  Lai, Hsien Che ^a   Chiu, Yi Chia ^b   Liaw, Yi Ching ^c   Lee, Tai Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 78249261533     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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