Economie liberalization's effect on sources of competitive advantage of different groups of companies: The case of India

International Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-184

  Vachani, Sushil ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottage firm; Developing country; India; Liberalization; Multinational; Small companies; State owned enterprizes; Strategic groups; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031115926     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(96)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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