Indian business groups: Evolution and transformation

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-577

  Kedia, Ben L ^a   Mukherjee, Debmalya ^a   Lahiri, Somnath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Indian business groups; Relatedness; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845976987     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9020-5     Document Type: Review

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