Transcending borders with international top management teams: A study of European financial multinational corporations

European Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-224

  Greve, Peder ^a   Nielsen, Sabina ^b   Ruigrok, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Firm internationalization; International experience; Nationality diversity; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949190827     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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