Internationalisation of Young, Fast-Growing Companies: An Exploratory Study of the Organisational Design of the Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationship

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-100

  Hutzschenreuter, Thomas ^a   Guenther, Fabian ^a   Oehring, Bernd ^b  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b JP Morgan   (Australia)

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EID: 84986140351     PISSN: 08276331     EISSN: 21692610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2005.10593333     Document Type: Article

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