A transaction cost analysis of staffing decisions in international operations

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 101-126

  Benito, Gabriel R G ^a,b   Tomassen, Sverre ^b   Bonache Pérez, Jaime ^c   Pla Barber, José ^d  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human resources; Multinational firms; Staffing decisions; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444439912     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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