International strategies and ethics: Exploring the tensions between head office and subsidiaries

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1560-1572

  Fisher, Josie ^a   Bonn, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Ethics; International business

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348947497     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710837960     Document Type: Article

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