Centralization and autonomy: Back to the future

International Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-237

  Young, Stephen ^a   Tavares, Ana Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Centralization; Coordination; Decentralization; Globalization; Integration; MNE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742324174     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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