Dispersed entrepreneurship within multinational corporations: A community perspective

Journal of World Business

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-519

  Lee, Soo Hee ^a   Williams, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Entrepreneurship; Heterarchy; Knowledge; MNC

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548957312     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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