Establishing a high-technology knowledge transfer network: The practical and symbolic roles of identification

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-652

  Bond III, Edward U ^a   Houston, Mark B ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Elina)   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Identification; Knowledge transfer; Organizational learning; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549101999     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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