Multinational firms, global value chains and the organization of knowledge transfer

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-381

  Saliola, Federica ^a   Zanfei, Antonello ^b  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global value chain; Knowledge spillovers; Knowledge transfer; Multinationals

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SALES;

DIFFERENT MODES; DOMESTIC FIRMS; EMBEDDEDNESS; GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LOCAL MARKETS; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; MULTINATIONALS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODELS; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCIES; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES; VALUE CHAINS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 59649106535     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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