Determinants of the feedback-seeking behaviour of subsidiary top managers in multinational corporations

International Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-60

  Barner Rasmussen, Wilhelm ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Control; Coordination; Economic incentives; Feedback seeking; MNC; Self regulatory behaviour; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037308754     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(02)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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