Evaluating the role of parent HQ in a contemporary MNC

Managing the Contemporary Multinational: The Role of Headquarters

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 106-122

  Egelhoff, William G ^a  

^a Fordham Business School   (United States)

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EID: 84864320379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849803205.00013     Document Type: Chapter

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