Duration of firms in an infant industry: The case of Indian computer hardware

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 157-167

  Das, Sanghamitra ^a   Srinivasan, Krishna ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer industry; Duration of firms; Exit; Hazard

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; FIRM SURVIVAL; INFANT INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURING;

INDIA;

EID: 0031460650     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(97)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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