Starting small in an unfamiliar environment

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1021-1042

  Rauch, James E ^a,b   Watson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Search; Technology Transfer; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PARTNERSHIPS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 0042630962     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(03)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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