Towards reconciling transaction cost economics and the knowledge-based view of the firm: The context of interfirm collaborations

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-116

  Heiman, Bruce ^a   Nickerson, Jack A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance Choice; Interfirm Collaborations; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344162425     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510110103001     Document Type: Article

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