The costs of governance in international companies

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-304

  Tomassen, Sverre ^a   Benito, Gabriel R G ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Foreign subsidiaries; Governance costs; Multinational companies; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349128032     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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