Relationships among industry environment, diversification motivations and corporate performance: An empirical study of the automobile industry in Taiwan

International Journal of Commerce and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-346

  Tan, Bertram ^a   Chang, Hae Ching ^b   Lee, Chen Kuo ^b,c  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUNG TA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Diversification; Performance measurement (quality); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865688874     PISSN: 10569219     EISSN: 17588529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10569210710844390     Document Type: Article

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