Absorptive capacity, learning, and performance in international joint ventures

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1139-1161

  Lane, Peter J ^a   Salk, Jane E ^b   Lyles, Marjorie A ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International joint ventures: Absorptive capacity; Knowledge; Learning; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001114768     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.206     Document Type: Article

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