Internationalization of Indian enterprises: Patterns, strategies, ownership advantages, and implications

Asian Economic Policy Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-261

  Kumar, Nagesh ^a  

^a India Habitat Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Acquisitions by Indian companies; Emerging multinationals; India; Indian multinationals; Internationalization of Indian companies; Outward investment; Ownership advantages of Indian multinationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749112919     PISSN: 18328105     EISSN: 17483131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3131.2008.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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