Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: The role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting

Global Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-419

  Hall, Sarah ^a   Beaverstock, Jonathan V ^a   Faulconbridge, James R ^b   Hewitson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'brand leaders'; 'iconic individuals'; Cultural economy; Executive search; Internationalization; Professional service firms

Indexed keywords

'BRAND LEADERS'; 'ICONIC INDIVIDUALS'; CULTURAL ECONOMY; EXECUTIVE SEARCH; INTERNATIONALIZATION; PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS;

COMPETITION;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CULTURAL ECONOMY; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION;

EID: 67650272822     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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