International diversification, subsidiary performance, and the mobility of knowledge resources

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1053-1064

  Yulin, Fang ^a   Wade, Michael ^b   Delios, Andrew ^c   Beamish, Paul W ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intangible assets; International diversification; Japanese foreign direct investment; Knowledge transfer; Resource based view; Subsidiary performance

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGEMENT; DATA TRANSFER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INTANGIBLE ASSETS; INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; SUBSIDIARY PERFORMANCE;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548395349     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.619     Document Type: Article

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