Development of non-local competences in foreign subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals

European Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-119

  Borini, Felipe Mendes ^a   Fleury, Maria Tereza Leme ^b  

^a School of Marketing and Management   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Competences; Multinational companies; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751609805     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341111098017     Document Type: Article

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