Towards a model of effective knowledge transfer within transnationals: The case of Chinese foreign invested enterprises

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 109-122

  Miesing, Paul ^a   Kriger, Mark P ^b   Slough, Neil ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c Milwaukee Area Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese foreign invested enterprises; Collective transnational strategy; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE TRANSNATIONAL STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS; PARENT ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; TACIT AND EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE;

INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35348908910     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-006-9006-y     Document Type: Article

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