Facilitation of links between multinational subsidiaries and SMEs: The Scottish Technology and Collaboration (STAC) initiative

International Business Review - Tập 15 - Trang 447-462 - 2006
Shameen Prashantham1, Rod B. McNaughton2
1School of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
2Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

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