Global Performance Management in MNEs-Conceptualization and Profiles of Country-Specific Characteristics in China, Germany, and the United States

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 825-843

  Festing, Marion ^a   Knappert, Lena ^a   Dowling, Peter J ^b   Engle, Allen D ^c  

^a ESMT European School of Management and Technology   (Germany)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867965957     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.21506     Document Type: Article

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