Institutional influences on manufacturing organization in multinational corporations: The 'Cherrypicking' approach

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-515

  Geppert, Mike ^a,b   Matten, Dirk ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Business Ethics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo German comparison; Enactment; Manufacturing management; Multinational companies; National business systems; Work systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644814212     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605059452     Document Type: Article

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