Status and corporate illegality: Illegal loan recovery practices of commercial banks in India

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1287-1312

  Krishnan, Rekha ^a   Kozhikode, Rajiv Krishnan ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84945138576     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0508     Document Type: Article

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