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Surmounting Interunit Barriers Factors Associated with Interunit Communication Intensity in the Multinational Corporation

WILHELM BARNER-RASMUSSENDepartment of Management, and Organization, Swedish School of Economics, P.O. Box 479, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland
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INGMAR BJÖRKMANDepartment of Management, and Organization, Swedish School of Economics, P.O. Box 479, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Pages 28-46 | Published online: 08 Dec 2014

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