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Optimal geographic diversification and firm performance: evidence from the U.K.

✍ Scribed by Nigel Driffield; Jun Du; Sourafel Girma

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 229 KB
Volume: 30
Category: Article
ISSN: 0895-562X
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0102-x

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