The politics of telecommunications regulation: State-industry alliance favouring foreign investment in India

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1405-1423

  Mukherji, Rahul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INVESTMENT LOCATION; POLICY STRATEGY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57049112776     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802358499     Document Type: Article

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