Entrepreneurial contexts and knowledge coordination within the multinational corporation

Journal of World Business

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-264

  Williams, Christopher ^a   Lee, Soo Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Knowledge; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951943895     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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