Characteristics and influences of multinational subsidiary entrepreneurial culture: The case of the advertising sector

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-572

  Boojihawon, Dev Kumar ^a   Dimitratos, Pavlos ^b,c   Young, Stephen ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advertising; Entrepreneurial culture; Locus of entrepreneurship; Multinational subsidiary

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848860220     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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