The contribution of institutional theories to the understanding of organization and management processes in multinational corporations;Die bedeutung institutionalistischer ansätze für das verständnis von organisations- und managementprozessen in multinationalen unternehmen

Berliner Journal fur Soziologie

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-397

  Geppert, Mike ^a   Matten, Dirk ^b,c   Schmidt, Peggy ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Walisischen Landesregierung Cardiff   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8744267411     PISSN: 08631808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03204587     Document Type: Review

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