Cross cultural learning and the role of reverse knowledge flows in Vietnam

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-74

  Napier, Nancy K ^a,b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Global Business Consortium

Author keywords

Learning; Reverse knowledge flow; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349088907     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595806062352     Document Type: Article

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