Hegemony and its discontents: A critical analysis of organizational knowledge transfer

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 203-227

  Mir, Raza ^a   Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby ^b   Mir, Ali ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Multinational companies; Organizational theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249085014     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040810869990     Document Type: Article

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