Subsidiary role development: The effect of micro-political headquarters-subsidiary negotiations on the product, market and value-added scope of foreign-owned subsidiaries

Journal of International Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-283

  Dörrenbächer, Christoph ^a   Gammelgaard, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Foreign subsidiary; Headquarters subsidiary relationships; Micro politics; Multinational corporations; Subsidiary role development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749046266     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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