Subsidiary importance in the MNC: What role does internal embeddedness play?

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-162

  Yamin, M ^a   Andersson, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Internal networks; Multinational enterprise; Subsidiary importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952445067     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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