Headquarters’ potential valueadding by cherry- picking sub- unit technology development projects

Managing the Contemporary Multinational: The Role of Headquarters

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 160-181

  Andersson, Ulf ^a   Kappen, Philip ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b Department of Business Studies ^*  (Sweden)

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EID: 84881954990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849803205.00017     Document Type: Chapter

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