Geographical distance and the role and management of subsidiaries: The case of subsidiaries down-under

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-185

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a   Noorderhaven, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capabilities; HQ subsidiary relationships; Knowledge transfer; Multinationals; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645565091     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-7165-x     Document Type: Article

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