Understanding drivers of risk-adjusted performance for service firms with international operations

Decision Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 755-783

  Elango, B ^a   Talluri, Srinivas ^b   Hult, G Tomas M ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International Diversification; International Operations; Internationalization; Panel Data Models; Performance Risk; Service Firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882715489     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/deci.12032     Document Type: Article

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