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3 - The evolution of a politics perspective of the multinational enterprise – past developments and current applications

from Part I - Foundations of politics, power and conflict in MNCs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

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Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach  and
Susanne Blazejewski
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Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach ,
Susanne Blazejewski ,
Christoph Dörrenbächer  and
Mike Geppert
Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach
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University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Berlin
Susanne Blazejewski
Affiliation:
Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alfter, Germany
Christoph Dörrenbächer
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Berlin School of Economics and Law
Mike Geppert
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
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Micropolitics in the Multinational Corporation
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