Product Diversification and International Expansion of Business Groups: Evidence from India

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-192

  Kumar, Vikas ^a   Gaur, Ajai S ^b   Pattnaik, Chinmay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Business groups; India; International expansion; Product diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864470625     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-012-0133-4     Document Type: Article

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