Offshore knowledge incubation: The "third path" for embedding R&D labs in foreign systems of innovation

Journal of World Business

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-306

  Lehrer, Mark ^a   Asakawa, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0036395862     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9516(02)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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