Internationalisation of bharat forge limited: A case study

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1544-1563

  Pillania, Rajesh K ^a,b  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Exports; Globalization; India; International business

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849107936     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810920038     Document Type: Article

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