Valuing of firms' prior knowledge: A measure of knowledge distance

Knowledge and Process Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-98

  Liyanage, Shantha ^a   Barnard, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 3242762042     PISSN: 10924604     EISSN: 10991441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/kpm.171     Document Type: Article

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