Challenges in Establishing Global Collaboration: Temporal, Strategic and Operational Decoupling

Long Range Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 160-181

  Friesl, Martin ^a   Silberzahn, Raphael ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE ANALYSIS; COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES; EFFICIENCY GAIN; GLOBAL COLLABORATION; IT COMPANIES; LOCAL OPERATIONS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC RENEWAL; THREE DIMENSIONS;

FINANCE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84860371259     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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