Financial Implications of Local and Nonlocal Rival Isomorphism: A Signaling Paradox

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1979-2008

  Miller, Stewart Robert ^a   Indro, Daniel C ^b   Richards, Malika ^c   Chng, Daniel Han Ming ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

isomorphism; performance; rival groups; signaling; underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885092313     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313493323     Document Type: Article

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