Managerial ties, absorptive capacity, and innovation

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-412

  Gao, Shanxing ^a   Xu, Kai ^a   Yang, Jianjun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Community; Innovation; Managerial ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249096080     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9096-1     Document Type: Article

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