The reality of India: Folding constraints into business strategy

Journal of Business Strategy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 5-16

  Singh, Shalabh Kumar ^a   Chaudhuri, Atanu ^a  

^a Deloitte Support Services India Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Classes of goods marketed; Competitive advantage; Emerging markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349635040     PISSN: 02756668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02756660910972604     Document Type: Article

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