Subsidiary interdependencies and international human resource management practices in german MNCs: A resource-based view

Management International Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-115

  Holtbrügge, Dirk ^a   Mohr, Alex T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Global teams; Intercultural training; International human resource management; Remuneration; Resource based view; Transnational networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957987156     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0063-y     Document Type: Article

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