Location advantages and subsidiaries' R&D activities in emerging economies: Exploring the effect of employee mobility

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-358

  Yang, Qin ^a   Jiang, Crystal X ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee mobility; Intellectual property protection; Location advantages; Subsidiaries' R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547260903     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9042-7     Document Type: Article

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