Managing talent across national borders: The challenges faced by an international retail group

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-41

  Boussebaa, Mehdi ^a   Morgan, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical management; France; Globalization; Multinational companies; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849145090     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040810849749     Document Type: Article

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