On the relationship between Japanese manufacturing firms and their domestic subsidiaries

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-490

  Rose, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Ito, Kiyohiko ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic subsidiary governance; Resource deployment; Spinoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846012243     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APJM.0000048714.97470.4c     Document Type: Article

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