Does technological diversification matter to firm performance? The moderating role of organizational slack

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1970-1975

  Chen, Yi Min ^a   Yang, De Hsin ^a   Lin, Feng Jyh ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Innovation capacity; Organizational slack; Technological diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878633927     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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