An Investigation of Partner Similarity Dimensions on Knowledge Transfer

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-44

  Darr, Eric D ^a   Kurtzberg, Terri R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; strategic similarity; partner selection; organizational learning.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012874688     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2885     Document Type: Article

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