Diversification and the growth of the firm: The rover company to 1914

Business History

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 179-192

  Foreman peck, James ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84926275634     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076798300000021     Document Type: Article

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