Knowledge transfer and competitive advantage on environmental uncertainty: An empirical study of the Taiwan semiconductor industry

Technovation

Volumn 27, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 402-411

  Liao, Shu Hsien ^a   Hu, Ta Chien ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Environmental uncertainty; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248160416     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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