The contribution of local environments to competence creation in multinational enterprises

Long Range Planning

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 87-99

  Andersson, Ulf ^a,b   Dellestrand, Henrik ^c   Pedersen, Torben ^a,d  

^a Department of Strategic Management and Globalization Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; FINANCE;

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE; COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

INDUSTRY;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896493431     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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