How Do MNC Headquarters Add Value?

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-412

  Ambos, Björn ^a   Mahnke, Volker ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Headquarters subsidiary relationships; Multinational corporations; Performance; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049443311     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0040-5     Document Type: Article

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