Corporate Ideology, Diversification and Firm Performance

Organization Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 823-846

  Goll, Irene ^a   Sambharya, Rakesh B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptors: culture; diversification; firm performance; ideology; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970436923     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069501600504     Document Type: Article

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