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Stand 'alone' firms in inter-firm network - An evidence from India

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  • Shreya Biswas

    (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

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The small world approach of analyzing networks ignore the isolated nodes. The paper studies whether ownership structure like affiliation to business group is related to firms inclusion in the director interlock driven network in India. Using a sample of listed firms in India, I find that group firms are less likely to be isolated in the network vis-a-vis standalone firms.

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  • Shreya Biswas, 2016. "Stand 'alone' firms in inter-firm network - An evidence from India," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 36(2), pages 913-920.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-15-00212
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    Keywords

    Inter-firm network; business group; director interlocks;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
    • M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics

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