Coevolution of Firm Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Environment: Organizational Forms and Combinative Capabilities

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 551-568

  Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^a   Volberda, Henk W ^a   De Boer, Michiel ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorptive Capacity; Combinative Capabilities; Knowledge Environment; Micro and Macrocoevolution; Multimedia Industrial Complex; Organization Forms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033259307     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.5.551     Document Type: Article

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