This paper defines initiative as a key manifestation of corporate entrepreneurship, and examines the types of initiative exhibited in a sample of six subsidiaries of multinational corporations. From a detailed analysis of 39 separate initiatives, four distinct types are identified, which we refer to
Subsidiary-level determinants of global initiatives in multinational corporations
β Scribed by Christopher Williams
- Book ID
- 113663003
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 355 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1075-4253
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