The impact of stocks and flows of organizational knowledge on firm performance: An empirical investigation of the biotechnology industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 953-968

  Decarolis, Donna Marie ^a   Deeds, David L ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotech; Firm performance; Nology; Stocks and flows of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000720093     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199910)20:10<953::AID-SMJ59>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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