When are international managers a cost effective solution? The rationale of transaction cost economics applied to staffing decisions in MNCs

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1320-1329

  Bonache Pérez, Jaime ^a   Pla Barber, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expatriation; International Human Resource Management; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944480608     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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