Institutional legacies in TNCs and their management through training academies: The case of transnational law firms in Italy

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-70

  Faulconbridge, James R ^a   Muzio, Daniel ^b   Cook, Andrew ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENGLISH LAW; ITALY; MANAGEMENT TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM; TRANSNATIONAL LAW

Indexed keywords

ENGLISH LAW; ITALY; MANAGEMENT TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; TRANSNATIONAL LAW;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INDUSTRY;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ARCHAEOLOGY; CAPITALISM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH WORK; SERVICE SECTOR;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 82955228091     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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