Why globalizing with a conservative corporate culture inhibits localization of management: The telling case of Matsushita electric

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-72

  Holden, Nigel ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Globalization; Japan; Konosuke Matsushita; Localization; Matsushita Electric Industrial Company

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141935758     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147059580111007     Document Type: Article

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