Business group affiliation, performance, context, and strategy: A meta-analysis

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-460

  Carney, Michael ^a   Gedajlovic, Eric R ^b   Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^c   Van Essen, Marc ^d   Van Oosterhout, J ^c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78751576484     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2011.61967812     Document Type: Article

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