International knowledge sourcing: Evidence from U.S. firms expanding abroad

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1207-1224

  Chung, Wilbur ^a   Yeaple, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

International expansion; Knowledge spillovers; Location choice

Indexed keywords

CATCHING UP; INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION; KNOWLEDGE SOURCING; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; LOCATION CHOICE; TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES; TECHNICAL SIMILARITIES; UNITED STATES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 55349119900     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.706     Document Type: Article

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