The use of network theory in MNC research

Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise: Frontiers in International Management Research

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 18-37

  Forsgren, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523876     Document Type: Chapter

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