Cross-border acquisitions and board globalization in the world's largest TNCS, 1995-2005

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-51

  Staples, Clifford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 38149049097     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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