Strategy and Management In MNE Subsidiaries

The Oxford Handbook of International Business (2 ed.)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Birkinshaw, Julian ^a   Pedersen, Torben ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Strategic Management and Globalization Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business alliance; Joint ventures; MNE subsidiaries; Strategy and management; Subsidiary managers; Value adding activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923534691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199234257.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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