Networks of organizational learning and adaptation in retail TNCs

Global Networks

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-23

  Currah, Andrew ^a   Wrigley, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STABILITY;

COMPETITIVE PRESSURE; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT ELITES; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNC);

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 4844230219     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2004.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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