R and D co-practice and 'reverse' knowledge integration in multinational firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 676-687

  Frost, Tony S ^a   Zhou, Changhui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge flows; Multinational

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844438140     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400168     Document Type: Review

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