Political Heterarchy and Dispersed Entrepreneurship in the MNC

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1243-1268

  Williams, Christopher ^a   Lee, Soo Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960731362     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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