The influence of subsidiary context and head office strategic management style on control of MNCs: The experience in Australia

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 647-668

  Hong Chung, Lai ^a   Gibbons, Patrick T ^b   Schoch, Herbert P ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; Institutional analysis; Knowledge management; Management styles; Multinationals; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135408     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570010353747     Document Type: Article

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