Portfolios of mobility: The movement of expertise in transnational corporations in two sectors - Aerospace and extractive industries

Global Networks

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-50

  Millar, Jane ^a   Salt, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Corporate internationalization; Expertise; Extractives; International mobility

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CORPORATE INTERNATIONALIZATION; EXPERTISE; INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS; INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY;

LABOR MARKET; MOBILITY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OUTSOURCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36849036788     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2008.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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