How new venture initial public offerings benefit from international operations: A study of human resource value

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 652-668

  Welbourne, Theresa M ^a   De Cieri, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Initial public offerings; International management; International operations; Learning organization; New ventures; Strategic international human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347122104     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190122967     Document Type: Article

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