Knowledge acquisition and performance: The role of foreign parents in Korean IJVs

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-32

  Park, Byung I I ^a   Giroud, Axèle ^b   Mirza, Hafiz ^a   Whitelock, Jeryl ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 66849142039     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.abm.9200243     Document Type: Article

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