Leaders, laggards, and the pursuit of foreign knowledge

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-168

  Berry, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge seeking FDI; Non dominant firms; Technological leaders and laggards

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INFORMATION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

KNOWLEDGE-SEEKING FDI; NON-DOMINANT FIRMS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES; TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERS AND LAGGARDS;

MARKETING;

EID: 31844454738     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.509     Document Type: Article

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