Labor market institutions and global strategic adaptation: Evidence from Lincoln Electric

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1527-1546

  Siegel, Jordan I ^a   Larson, Barbara Zepp ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Complementarity; Global strategy; Institutions; Labor market

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPLEMENTARITY; GLOBAL STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONS; LABOR MARKET;

COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 70349338877     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1028     Document Type: Article

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