The dilemmas of MNC subsidiary transfer of knowledge

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 195-207

  Gammelgaard, Jens ^a   Holm, Ulf ^b   Pedersen, Torben ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84996453046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230523876     Document Type: Chapter

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