The Role of National Cultures in Foreign Subsidiaries’ Practices Applied to Support Knowledge Flow within MNCs

Joanna Purgał-Popiela

doi:10.1515/joim-2015-0028

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The Role of National Cultures in Foreign Subsidiaries’ Practices Applied to Support Knowledge Flow within MNCs

Journal of Intercultural Management

Volume 7 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)

By: Joanna Purgał-Popiela

Open Access

|May 2016

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