The role of multinational corporations in transnational institution building: A policy network perspective

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1571-1600

  Dahan, Nicolas ^a   Doh, Jonathan ^b,c   Guay, Terrence ^d  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Department of Management ^*

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemic community; Institutional environment; MNC; Policy network; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751015134     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706072854     Document Type: Article

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