From a distance and detached to up close and personal: Bridging strategic and cross-cultural perspectives in international management research and practice

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-247

  Brannen, Mary Yoko ^a,b   Doz, Yves L ^a,c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; International business; International strategy; Research paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955770637     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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