Feedback-seeking behavior within multinational corporations

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-222

  Gupta, Anil K ^a   Govindarajan, Vijay ^b   Malhotra, Ayesha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Coordination; Feedback seeking; Multinational

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000714258     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199903)20:3<205::AID-SMJ17>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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