Shareholder Heterogeneity and Conflicting Goals: Strategic Investments in the Japanese Electronics Industry

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 591-618

  Colpan, Asli M ^a   Yoshikawa, Toru ^b   Hikino, Takashi ^a   Del Brio, Esther B ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

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EID: 79953066010     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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