Firms, markets, and the state: Institutional change and manufacturing sector profitability variances in India

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 509-528

  Majumdar, Sumit K ^a   Bhattacharjee, Arnab ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm effects; Group effects; Indian industry; Industry effects; Institutional change; Liberalization; Manufacturing sector; Profitability variance analysis; Reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897823294     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0844     Document Type: Article

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