Organizing international technological collaboration in subcontractor relationships: An investigation of the knowledge-stickiness problem

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 625-642

  Andersen, Poul Houman ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Industrial districts; International subcontracting; Interorganizational innovation; Relationship practices; User producer relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009537889     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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