Managerial embeddedness of European manufacturing firms in Japan

Japanese Journal of Human Geography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 64-82

  Schulnze, Rolf D ^a  

^a OTEMON GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

European manufacturers; Foreign direct investment; Hybrid factory; Japanese management system; Local embeddedness

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INVESTMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 17844389366     PISSN: 00187216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4200/jjhg1948.56.512     Document Type: Article

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