Acquiring knowledge by foreign partners from international joint ventures in a transition economy: Learning-by-doing and learning myopia

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 835-854

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International joint venture; Knowledge acquisition; Learning myopia; Learning by doing; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

JOINT VENTURES;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0036723713     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.251     Document Type: Article

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