Corporate boards in India: Blocked by caste?

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 39-43

  Ajit, D ^a   Donker, Han ^a   Saxena, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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