Headquarters-subsidiary relationships in multinational companies: A British-German comparison

Challenges for European Management in a Global Context: Experiences From Britain and Germany

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 96-118

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a   Sorge, Arndt ^b   Paauwe, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85016877580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230510180     Document Type: Chapter

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