Overcoming local search through alliances and mobility

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 751-766

  Rosenkopf, Lori ^a   Almeida, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Knowledge; Localization; Mobility; Patents

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENGINEERS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

ALLIANCES; KNOWLEDGE; LOCALIZATION; MOBILITY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037769030     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.6.751.16026     Document Type: Article

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