Innovation and entrepreneurship in India: Understanding jugaad

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 843-868

  Prabhu, Jaideep ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Entrepreneurship; Growth; India; Innovation; Jugaad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949321268     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-015-9445-9     Document Type: Article

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