Multinational companies in cross-national context: Integration, differentiation, and the interactions between MNCs and Nation States

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-587

  Edwards, Tony ^a   Marginson, Paul ^b   Ferner, Anthony ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84879276224     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600301     Document Type: Review

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