Internationalization and performance of Indian pharmaceutical firms

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Kumar, Vikas ^a   Singh, Nitish ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53949086921     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20217     Document Type: Article

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