The size, structure, and performance of corporate headquarters

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-405

  Collis, David ^a   Young, David ^b   Goold, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate center; Corporate headquarters; Corporate strategy; Performance; Staff

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CORPORATE CENTER; CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS; CORPORATE STRATEGY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947393156     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.595     Document Type: Article

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