Does Dunning’s Ownership–Location–Internalization (OLI) framework explain the internationalization of business groups in emerging economies? I argue that business groups do not have traditional ‘firm specific advantages’ (FSAs) that the OLI framework talks...

Purpose This paper aims to report the findings from a longitudinal study of Indian business groups responding to the pro-market reforms that the government had initiated. It explores their diversification choices at the group level and the group performance consequences of these choices during a...

Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has been used as a base to predict consumer preferences. However, TAM was primarily used for predicting behavioral intentions of using a service that are more technology prone. Moreover, the different constructs of TAM, particularly Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU)...

According to Khanna and Palepu, India is an emerging economy where poor functioning of institutions leads to severe agency and information problems. This has led to the formation of business groups in these markets. This affiliation of firms to business groups can lead to benefits as well as...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its impact on performance have generated a debate that has evolved across several perspectives (shareholder, stakeholder, resource-based, and contingency). Building on the resource-based and contingency perspectives, we shed new light on this debate by...