Political connections and corporate diversification in emerging economies: Evidence from China

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-818

  Li, Weiwen ^a   He, Ai ^b   Lan, Hailin ^b   Yiu, Daphne ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate diversification; Emerging economy; Political connections; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865430639     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-011-9265-5     Document Type: Article

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