Foreign experience of top management teams and international diversification strategies of U.S. multinational corporations

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 739-746

  Sambharya, Rakesh B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign experience; International diversification; International human resource management; Multinational corporations; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001053932     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199611)17:9<739::AID-SMJ846>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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