Truly global corporations? Theorizing 'organizational globalization' in advanced business-services

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-200

  Jones, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business services; Global corporation; Globalization; Relational epistemology

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; GLOBALIZATION;

EID: 17444398935     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnlecg/lbh039     Document Type: Article

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