Cultural control: the case of Japanese multinational companies and their subsidiaries in the UK

Management Decision

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 638-649

  Kranias, Dimitrios S ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Multinationals; National cultures; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037769     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740010379092     Document Type: Article

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