Absorptive capacity, network embeddedness and local firm's knowledge acquisition in the Global Manufacturing Network

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 326-343

  Wu, Xiaobo ^a   Liu, Xuefeng ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Global manufacturing network; GMN; Knowledge acquisition; Network embeddednes

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING NETWORKS; INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; NETWORK EMBEDDEDNESS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 60849133930     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2009.023384     Document Type: Article

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