Knowledge flows in MNCs: An empirical test and extension of Gupta and Govindarajan's typology of subsidiary roles

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-214

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a   Noorderhaven, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Control mechanisms; Knowledge flows; Subsidiary roles; Transnational; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744511804     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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