Technology decentralization and knowledge-related competitiveness for Asia Pacific MNEs: A survey from the EU periphery

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 729-744

  Manolopoulos, Dimitris ^a  

^a American College of Greece   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltic States; Multinational companies; Pacific Rim; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986009683     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610716034     Document Type: Article

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