Beyond institutional voids: Business groups, incomplete markets, and organizational form

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 598-617

  Manikandan, K S ^a   Ramachandran, J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TIRUCHIRAPPALLI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

business groups; incomplete markets; India; institutional voids; organizational form

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

BUSINESS GROUPS; INCOMPLETE MARKETS; INDIA; INSTITUTIONAL VOIDS; ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84924037835     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2226     Document Type: Article

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