Technology sourcing and performance of foreign subsidiaries in greece: The impact of mne and local environmental contexts

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-60

  Manolopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Dimitratos, Pavios ^b   Young, Stephen ^c   Lioukas, Spyros ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign subsidiary; Local environment; MNE; Performance; Technology sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049129498     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0124-7     Document Type: Article

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