Walking the cultural distance: in search of direction beyond friction

Advances in International Management

Volumn 23, Issue , 2010, Pages 189-212

  Drogendijk, Rian ^a   Zander, Lena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 78049474387     PISSN: 15715027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1571-5027(2010)00000230015     Document Type: Chapter

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