MEASUREMENT OF FIRM DIVERSIFICATION: IS IT ROBUST?
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 October 1992
Sayan Chatterjee, James D. Blocher
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This study investigated the convergent validity of Rumelt’s categorical classification of types of business diversification across different data sources and variations from Rumelt’s method. The st...
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Business, Management and Accounting
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