Knowledge absorption in an emerging economy - The role of foreign investments and trade flows in Russia

International Journal of Business Excellence

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 269-284

  Torkkeli, Marko T ^a   Podmetina, Daria ^a   Ylä Kojola, Anna Mari ^a   Väätänen, Juha ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emerging economies.; FDI; Foreign direct investments; Innovation; Knowledge absorption; Russia; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249097068     PISSN: 17560047     EISSN: 17560055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2009.024447     Document Type: Article

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