DIVERSIFYING ENTRY: SOME EX ANTE EXPLANATIONS FOR POSTENTRY SURVIVAL AND GROWTH.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 June 1996
Anurag Sharma, Idalene F. Kesner
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Links between theoretically determined preentry conditions and the postentry performance of diversifying entries made by large industrial firms are examined. Industry, firm, and relatedness variabl...
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