Managing the transfer of capabilities within multinational corporations: The dual role of the subsidiary

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-442

  Andersson, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assigned role; Capability development in MNCs; Subsidiaries' external embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242267613     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(03)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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