Innovation in Multinational Corporations: Control and Communication Patterns in International R&D Operations

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 479-496

  Nobel, Robert ^a   Birkinshaw, Julian ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Control; Innovation; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345731816     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199805)19:5<479::aid-smj954>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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