What difference does the location make?: A social capital perspective on transfer of knowledge from multinational corporation subsidiaries located in China and Finland

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-249

  Li, Li ^a   Barner Rasmussen, Wilhelm ^a   Björkman, Ingmar ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; Knowledge transfer; Location; MNC; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; LOCATION THEORY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33947371276     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380601133185     Document Type: Article

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