Diversification strategy, CEO management style and firm performance: An application of Heckman's two-stage method

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-73

  Martínez Campillo, Almudena ^a   Fernández Gago, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

CEO management style; Diversification strategy; Firm performance; Heckman's two stage method

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650187577     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9290-3     Document Type: Article

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