The Process of Knowledge Transfer: A Diachronic Analysis of Stickiness

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-27

  Szulanski, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001311775     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2884     Document Type: Article

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