Configuration and co-ordination of value activities in German Multinational Corporations

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 564-575

  Holtbrügge, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Configuration; Coordination; Cultural distance; Multinational corporations; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244456418     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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