The impact of internationalization on performance and innovation: The moderating effects of ownership concentration

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 617-642

  Tsao, Shou Min ^a   Chen, Guang Zheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation; Internationalization; Ownership concentration; Performance; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865409193     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9217-5     Document Type: Article

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