Managing local knowledge assets globally: The role of regional innovation relays

Journal of World Business

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-42

  Asakawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Lehrer, Mark ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Globally distributed innovation; Multinational corporations; Regional management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037300397     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9516(02)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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