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LEICESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL







Occasional Paper 61







The embeddedness of US multinational companies in the US business system: implications for HR/IR









Anthony Ferner

Department of HRM



ISBN: 185721319X





ISBN: 185721319X

November 2000





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This paper is part of the work of the project on Human Resource Management in US multinationals in Europe, coordinated by Department of HRM, School of Business, De Montfort University. The research is funded by the ESRC and the Anglo-German...