Turning around a state owned enterprise: The case of Scooters India limited

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-101

  Maheshwari, Sunil Kumar ^a   Ahlstrom, David ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Action choice; Decision making; Leadership; Turnaround

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944457216     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:apjm.0000024078.02768.fa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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