Who drives unrelated diversification? A study of Indian manufacturing firms

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-423

  Ramaswamy, Kannan ^a   Li, Mingfang ^b   Petitt, Barbara S Pécherot ^a  

^a Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; India; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 28144438587     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APJM.0000048711.41701.f3     Document Type: Article

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