Governance Innovation and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from the Automotive Industry in Pakistan |
HUSSAIN, Malik Azhar
(Department of Business Administration, National College of Business Administration and Economics)
WAQAR, Amjad (National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Sub-campus Multan) ANAM, Saddiq (National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Sub-campus Multan) HAFEEZULLAH, Khan (National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Sub-campus Multan) ASMA, Zafar (National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Sub-campus Multan) |
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