Building firm-specific advantages in multinational corporations: The role of subsidiary initiative

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-242

  Birkinshaw, Julian ^a   Hood, Neil ^b   Jonsson, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Multinational corporation; Subsidiary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000028442     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199803)19:3<221::aid-smj948>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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