The Role of Dual Embeddedness in the Innovative Performance of MNE Subsidiaries: Evidence from Brazil

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-440

  Figueiredo, Paulo N ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 79951566691     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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