Economic Institutions and the Boundaries of Business Groups

The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Langlois, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Business groups; Economics of institutions; Economics of organization; Firm; Modern day economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882263880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199552863.003.0022     Document Type: Chapter

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