Internationalization and performance: A contextual analysis of Indian firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2500-2506

  Singla, Chitra ^a   George, Rejie ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

Business group; Firm's performance; India; Institutional context; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883765696     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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