Inter-organizational knowledge transfer: Current themes and future prospects

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-690

  Easterby Smith, Mark ^a,b   Lyles, Marjorie A ^c   Tsang, Eric W K ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 43049109560     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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