Strategic Management and Multinational Corporations: A Case Study of Bacardi Limited

Global Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 397-417

  Inamete, Ufot B ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity and innovation management; multinational corporations; organizational culture; strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907524377     PISSN: 09721509     EISSN: 09730664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0972150914523601     Document Type: Article

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