Development strategies for Indian SMEs: Promoting linkages with global transnational corporations

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 762-774

  Bala Subrahmanya, M H ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Export markets; India; International investments; Multinational companies; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992929407     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710823476     Document Type: Review

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