How do regional headquarters influence corporate decisions in networked MNCs?

Journal of International Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-301

  Mahnke, Volker ^a,c   Ambos, Björn ^b   Nell, Phillip C ^a   Hobdari, Bersant ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Headquarter value added; Networked MNC; Upwards influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864292258     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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