Exploring the paradox of competence-creating subsidiaries: Balancing bandwidth and dispersion in MNEs

Long Range Planning

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 4-15

  Narula, Rajneesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; INDUSTRY;

EMBEDDEDNESS; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; LONG RANGE PLANNING; MARKET FAILURES; ORGANISATIONAL;

BANDWIDTH;

INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MARKET CONDITIONS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PLANNING PROCESS;

EID: 84896488830     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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