Learning, knowledge transfer, and technology implementation performance: A study of time-to-build in the global semiconductor industry

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1266-1280

  Salomon, Robert ^a   Martin, Xavier ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International knowledge transfer; Organizational learning; Time to build

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE GROWTHS; FULLY OPERATIONAL; INDUSTRY EXPERIENCES; INTERNATIONAL EXPANSIONS; INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; MANUFACTURING FACILITIES; MEMORY SEGMENTS; ON TIME; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PLANT CONSTRUCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRIES; TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATIONS; TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES; TIME-TO-BUILD;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61849096251     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0866     Document Type: Article

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