Antecedents of knowledge sharing with peer subsidiaries in other countries: A perspective from subsidiary managers in a foreign emerging market

Management International Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-97

  Zhao, Hongxin ^a   Luo, Yadong ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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