Emerging Russian multinational companies: Managerial and corporate challenges

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-341

  Filippov, Sergey ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Emerging multinationals; Institutions; Internationalisation; Management; Russian multinationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861603420     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2012.047027     Document Type: Article

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