Theorizing the role of the international subsidiary: Transplants, hybrids and branch-plants revisited

Wages, Employment, Distribution and Growth: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 53-85

  Elger, Tony ^a   Smith, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015904651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230371781     Document Type: Chapter

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