Business groups and profit redistribution: A boon or bane for firms?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1004-1014

  George, Rejie ^a   Kabir, Rezaul ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business groups; Corporate governance; Cross subsidization; Firm performance; Profit redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649164565     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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