Business groups, financing constraints and investment: The case of India

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-119

  Lensink, Robert ^a,b   Van der Molen, Remco ^a   Gangopadhyay, Shubashis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c India Development Foundation (IDF)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INVESTMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0348225180     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331293787     Document Type: Article

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