The impact of corporate and national cultures on decentralization in multinational corporations

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-167

  Williams, Christopher ^a   van Triest, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; MNC decentralization; National culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949158443     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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