Decentralised R&D and strategic competitiveness: Globalised approaches to generation and use of technology in multinational enterprises (MNEs)

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 157-178

  Pearce, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralised; R D; Strategic competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001160050     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0048-7333(98)00115-2     Document Type: Article

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