The effect of institutional factors on the value of corporate diversification

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-68

  Kuppuswamy, Venkat ^a   Serafeim, George ^b   Villalonga, Belén ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Conglomerate discount; Diversification; Institutions; International; Labor markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911418958     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-332220140000031000     Document Type: Article

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