Learning by interaction: Absorptive capacity, cognitive distance and governance

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 69-92

  Nooteboom, Bart ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive distance; Governance; Organisational cognition; Organisational learning; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006065946     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009941416749     Document Type: Article

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