National governments and power relationships in multinational companies: The case of the eads group

International Business and Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-208

  Barmeyer, Christoph ^a   Mayrhofer, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

Author keywords

Multinational Companies; National Governments; Political Context; Power Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897907187     PISSN: 1876066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1876-066X(2012)0000028017     Document Type: Article

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