Business group affiliation and firm search behavior in india: Responsiveness and focus of attention

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 696-712

  Vissa, Balagopal ^a   Greve, Henrich R ^a   Chen, Wei Ru ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business groups; Organizational form; Problemistic search

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956997422     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0475     Document Type: Article

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