The influence of organizational variables on the transferability of management practices: An examination of traditional and learning manufacturing environments in Mexico

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 989-997

  Gómez, Carolina ^a   Ranft, Annette L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Organizational learning; Transferability of management practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041863982     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00332-0     Document Type: Article

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