The geographic sources of foreign subsidiaries' innovations

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-123

  Frost, Tony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign subsidiary; Geography; Innovation; Multinational

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000068645     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200101)22:2<101::AID-SMJ155>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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