Building a process model of local adaptation of practices: A study of Six Sigma implementation in Korean and US firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-499

  Yu, Jisun ^a   Zaheer, Srilata ^b  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation of practices; Local adaptation; Process theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949868521     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.82     Document Type: Article

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