Global Management Concepts and Local Adaptations: Working Groups in the French and German Car Manufacturing Industry

Organization Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Woywode, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Automotive industry; Cross national comparison; Diffusion; Management concepts; Working groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141643154     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840602234001     Document Type: Review

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