How do you mean 'global'? An empirical investigation of innovation networks in the multinational corporation

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 195-213

  Zander, Ivo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

International innovation networks; Multinational corporations; Technological capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001228491     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(98)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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