The influences of absorptive capacity and social capital on knowledge transfer

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 99-108

  Kumar, Naresh ^a   Rose, Raduan Che ^a   Muien, Nurul Fatiha Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Knowledge transfer; Malaysia; Multinational corporation; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149083185     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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