Foreign and domestic ownership, business groups, and firm performance: Evidence from a large emerging market

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 637-657

  Douma, Sytse ^a   George, Rejie ^b   Kabir, Rezaul ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business groups; Corporate governance; Emerging market; Firm performance; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS GROUPS; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; EMERGING MARKET; FIRM PERFORMANCE; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE;

MARKETING;

EID: 33745472164     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.535     Document Type: Article

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