Business groups as information resource: An investigation of business group affiliation in the Indian software services industry

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1487-1509

  Lamin, Anna ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886838253     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0176     Document Type: Article

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