Transferring knowledge to acquisition joint ventures: An organizational unlearning perspective

Management Learning

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-20

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Joint venture; Knowledge transfer; Organizational learning; Organizational unlearning; Stickiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049153280     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607085169     Document Type: Article

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