Innovation, corporate strategy, and cultural context: What is the mission for international business communication?

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-316

  Ulijn, Jan ^a,d,e   O'Hair, Dan ^b   Weggeman, Mathieu ^a,f   Ledlow, Gerald ^c,g   Hall, H Thomas ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f Darmstadt University of Technology ^*

^g University of Oklahoma ^*

Author keywords

Implementation Strategies; Innovation; Organizational Communication; Professional Culture; Psycholinguistic Research; Technology Intensive Companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001301778     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194360003700305     Document Type: Article

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