Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 461-477

  Lane, Peter J ^a   Lubatkin, Michael ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Department of Business Policy   (France)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Alliances; Knowledge; Organizational learning; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000994704     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199805)19:5<461::aid-smj953>3.3.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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