Corporate knowledge transfer via interlocking directorates: A network analysis approach

Geoforum

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-139

  O'Hagan, Sean B ^a   Green, Milford B ^b  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada and the United States; Interlocking directorates; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WORLD CITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0348226193     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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