Centers of excellence in multinational corporations

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 997-1018

  Frost, Tony S ^a   Birkinshaw, Julian M ^b   Ensign, Prescott C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of excellence; Foreign subsidiary; Multinational corporation

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036827936     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.273     Document Type: Article

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