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International Business Managers’ Perspective of Doing Business with India


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1 Strategic Management Area National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai 400087, India
2 Strategic Management Area Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration, Riga, Latvia
3 Department of Finance and Economics & Chair of Theoretical Economics, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Estonia
     

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Baltic countries Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, former Soviet states, are making a mark in the world economy. India is contesting with other emerging economies to gain market globally while the Baltic firms are also contesting with other transitional economies for gaining market. Given this context, it is insightful to study how emerging economy firms are faring in transitional economies. The authors conducted primary in-depth personally administered interviews in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to comprehend the Baltic business leaders’ views on Indian firms and Indian market. The data was thematically content analyzed based up on which the intensity and nature of international presence was explored.
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Authors

Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya
Strategic Management Area National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai 400087, India
Andrejs Eirjevskis
Strategic Management Area Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration, Riga, Latvia
Tatjana Polajeva
Department of Finance and Economics & Chair of Theoretical Economics, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Estonia

Abstract


Baltic countries Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, former Soviet states, are making a mark in the world economy. India is contesting with other emerging economies to gain market globally while the Baltic firms are also contesting with other transitional economies for gaining market. Given this context, it is insightful to study how emerging economy firms are faring in transitional economies. The authors conducted primary in-depth personally administered interviews in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to comprehend the Baltic business leaders’ views on Indian firms and Indian market. The data was thematically content analyzed based up on which the intensity and nature of international presence was explored.

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