Can Flexibility in Corporate Governance Enhance International Competitiveness? Evidence from Knowledge-Based Industries in India

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 389-402

  Haldar, Arunima ^a   Rao, S V D Nageswara ^b   Momaya, Kirankumar S ^b  

^a S P Jain Institute of Management and Research   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Flexibility in corporate governance; Innovation for export competitiveness; Knowledge based industries; Marketing intensity; R D intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991401941     PISSN: 09722696     EISSN: 09740198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40171-016-0135-3     Document Type: Article

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