Aspects of inter-organisational networks for developing firm competencies - Preliminary evidence from Malaysia

ICMIT 2006 Proceedings - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 258-262

  Omar, Aliza Akmar ^a   Mohan, Avvari V ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Competencies; Inter organisational networks; Learning in alliances; Malaysia; Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETENCIES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS; MULTIMEDIA SUPER CORRIDOR (MSC);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249650288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMIT.2006.262163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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