Multinational firms and the management of global networks: Insights from global value chain studies

Advances in International Management

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 463-486

  De Marchi, Valentina ^a   Maria, Eleonora Di ^a   Ponte, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global buyers; Global value chains; Governance; MNCs; Network orchestrators; Upgrading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904617324     PISSN: 15715027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1571-502720140000027009     Document Type: Article

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