Using multi-hub structures for international R&D: Organisational inertia and the challenges of implementation

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 639-660

  Criscuolo, Paola ^a   Narula, Rajneesh ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multinational enterprise; Organizational design; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548949317     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0038-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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