Antecedents and consequences of corporate diversification: A dynamic capabilities perspective

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1510-1534

  Liu, Heng Yih ^a   Hsu, Chia Wen ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business development; Corporate diversification; Corporate strategy; Diversification; Dynamic capabilities; Firm performance; Organizations; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054833826     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111173961     Document Type: Article

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