Interfirm networks, social capital, and knowledge flow

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 86-100

  Mu, Jifeng ^a   Peng, Gang ^b   Love, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge management; Networking; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349120696     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810884273     Document Type: Article

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