Interorganizational ties and business group boundaries: Evidence from an emerging economy

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-352

  Khanna, Tarun ^a   Rivkin, Jan W ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Business groups; Emerging economy; Fragile ties; Group boundaries; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744810596     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0188     Document Type: Article

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