The divestiture of acquired subunits: A resource dependence approach

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-148

  Xia, Jun ^a   Li, Sali ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

interindustry subunit divestiture; mutual dependence; resource dependence theory; second tier diversification; subunit power

Indexed keywords

INTERINDUSTRY SUBUNIT DIVESTITURE; MUTUAL DEPENDENCE; RESOURCE DEPENDENCE THEORY; SECOND-TIER DIVERSIFICATION; SUBUNIT POWER;

PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871721915     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2008     Document Type: Article

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