Knowledge flows and performance of multinational subsidiaries: The perspective of human capital

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-244

  Jaw, Bih Shiaw ^a   Wang, Christina Yu Ping ^b,c   Chen, Yen Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human capital; Knowledge inflow; Knowledge outflow; Subsidiary's performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844473702     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500404481     Document Type: Article

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