How do pro-market reforms impact firm profitability? The case of India under reform

Journal of World Business

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 357-367

  Chari, Murali D R ^a   Banalieva, Elitsa R ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business group firms; Developing economies; Firm profitability; Foreign firms; India; Institutional change; Institutional matrix; Pro market reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924485445     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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