Business Groups in Taiwan

The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chung, Chi Nien ^a   Mahmood, Ishtiaq P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diversification strategy; Governance structure; Inter firm ties; Product diversification; Taiwanese business groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924264555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199552863.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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