Managing intersecting R&D social communities: A comparative study of European 'knowledge incubators' in Japanese and American firms

Organization Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 771-792

  Lehrer, Mark ^a   Asakawa, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Georg Simmel; Innovation systems; Knowledge incubators; Offshore R D management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012521228     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840603024005005     Document Type: Article

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