Tacit knowledge transfer via interlocking directorates: A comparison of Canada and the United States

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-63

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

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada and United States; Interlocking directorates; Tacit knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22144474144     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2002.00113.x     Document Type: Review

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