Beyond the convergence-divergence debate: The role of spatial scales in transforming organizational logic

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1467-1483

  Spicer, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Globalization; National business systems; Scale; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749871817     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606067515     Document Type: Article

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