Transgenerational succession in business groups in India

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 769-789

  Saxena, Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Business groups; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881372329     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-013-9342-z     Document Type: Review

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