Knowledge-transfer practices for SMEs: Case studies in Finland and Thailand

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-528

  Phusavat, Kongkiti ^a   Kess, Pekka ^a,b   Torkko, Margit ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Outsourcing; Small and medium enterprises; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649088322     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2008.019080     Document Type: Article

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