Patterns of knowledge flows and MNE innovative performance

Journal of International Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-258

  Yamin, Mo ^a   Otto, Juliet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovative performance; Knowledge flows; MNE

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642555306     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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