The impact of size and age on firm-level performance: Some evidence from India

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-241

  Majumdar, Sumit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of firms; Firm level profitability; Indian industry; Size of firms

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FIRM AGE; FIRM CHARACTERISTICS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY;

INDIA;

EID: 0031474559     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007766324749     Document Type: Article

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