Transfer of strategic HR know-how in MNCs: Mechanisms, barriers and initiatives

International Human Resource Management: A European Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 67-84

  Bonache, Jaime ^a   Dickmann, Michael ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 78049309764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891391     Document Type: Chapter

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