Funding sources and the strategic roles of decentralised R&D in multinationals

R and D Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-99

  Papanastassiou, Marina ^a   Pearce, Robert ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13744260287     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2005.00374.x     Document Type: Review

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