Contrasting perspectives on the diffusion of management knowledge: Performance management in a Norwegian multinational

Management Learning

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-302

  Lervik, Jon Erland ^a   Lunnan, Randi ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conformity; Local modification; Management ideas; Multinational enterprises; Performance management; Transfer; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344620592     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507604045607     Document Type: Review

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