Business groups and corporate transparency in emerging markets: Empirical evidence from India

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 987-1004

  Pattnaik, Chinmay ^a   Chang, James Jinho ^b   Shin, Hyun Han ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business groups; Corporate disclosure; Corporate governance; Corporate transparency; Emerging markets; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887321364     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-011-9273-5     Document Type: Article

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