The effects of spatial and contextual factors on headquarters resource allocation to MNE subsidiaries

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-243

  Dellestrand, Henrik ^a   Kappen, Philip ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

distance; embeddedness; headquarters subsidiary roles and relations; innovation transfer; multinational corporations (MNCs) and enterprises (MNEs); resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859044597     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.57     Document Type: Article

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