Are emerging economies less efficient? Performance persistence and the impact of business group affiliation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 933-946

  Chacar, Aya ^a   Vissa, Balagopal ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business groups; India; Persistence

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; INDIA; PERFORMANCE PERSISTENCE; THE UNITED STATES;

PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 25144492609     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.478     Document Type: Review

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