'Beyond the M-form': Towards a critical test of the new form

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-138

  Gooderham, Paul N ^a   Ulset, Svein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Governance; Multinational Corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642529668     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510110103010     Document Type: Article

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