Organizational context and knowledge acquisition in IJVs: An empirical study

Journal of World Business

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-73

  Evangelista, Felicitas ^a   Hau, Le Nguyen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Explicit knowledge; International joint venture; Interpartner learning; Organizational context; Tacit knowledge; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449114411     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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