Cluster capabilities or ethnic ties Location choice by foreign and domestic entrants in the services offshoring industry in India

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 944-968

  Zaheer, Srilata ^a   Lamin, Anna ^b   Subramani, Mani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; IT enabled services; Location; Network externalities; Offshoring; Social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349144323     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.91     Document Type: Article

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