Creating knowledge: The power and logic of articulation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-88

  Håkanson, Lars ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL;

EID: 34447530913     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtl033     Document Type: Article

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