Knowledge transfer and human resource development practices: Japanese firms in Brazil and Mexico

International Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 599-612

  Sparkes, John R ^a   Miyake, Maiko ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Human resource development; Japanese manufacturing subsidiaries; Knowledge transfer; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288357     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(00)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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