Host-country environment and subsidiary competence: Extending the diamond network model

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-57

  Asmussen, Christian Geisler ^a   Pedersen, Torben ^a   Dhanaraj, Charles ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiated networks; Industrial clusters; MNE environment; Subsidiary competence configuration; Subsidiary embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149359215     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400420     Document Type: Article

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