The management of information and managers in subsidiaries of multinational corporations

British Journal of Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-165

  Chung, Lai Hong ^a,d,e   Gibbons, Patrick T ^b   Schoch, Herbert P ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Accounting ^*  (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33744765267     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2005.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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