The contested space of multinationals: Varieties of institutionalism, varieties of capitalism

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1467-1490

  Morgan, Glenn ^a,b,c   Kristensen, Peer Hull ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Institutionalism; Isomorphism; Multinationals; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751005850     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706072866     Document Type: Article

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