The liberalization of economic policies in the last two decades and intensifying market competition tend to be a cause of policy concern for the survival of SMEs in emerging economies like India. These SMEs account for the largest chunk of industrial units and employment in the national economy....

Contrary to contentions in prior literature that emerging multinationals are only regional players, the evidence on the globalness of Indian firms presented in this study suggests that a number of emerging multinationals are global firms. Their strategies are targeted at both the developed and...

This study examines the determinants of host-location of cross-border acquisitions by Indian Business Group (BG)-affiliates and other firms during 2000-2008. Our empirical estimates indicate the general attraction of host country market-size and double-taxation-avoidance treaty. However, unlike...

This study makes an early attempt to estimate the magnitude and intensity of manufacturing firms' R&D by Indian states during the period 1991-2008 and analyses the role of regional factors on firm-level R&D activities. As there is little research on state-wise R&D performance of firms in India,...