Does management matter? Evidence from india

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-51

  Bloom, Nicholas ^a,b   Eifert, Benn ^b   Mahajan, Aprajit ^a,b   McKenzie, David ^b,c   Roberts, John ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIEPR ^*  (Germany)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84873578584     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs044     Document Type: Article

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