Management know-how transfer to Saudi Arabia: A survey of Saudi managers

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 280-286

  Yavas, Ugur ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; SAUDI ARABIA;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031355814     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579710192959     Document Type: Article

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