The competitiveness of SMEs in a globalized economy: Observations from China and India

Management Research Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-65

  Singh, Rajesh K ^a   Garg, Suresh K ^a   Deshmukh, S G ^b  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

China; Competitive strategy; Globalization; Government policy; India; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953665928     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171011011562     Document Type: Article

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