A multilevel perspective on knowledge transfer: Evidence from the Chinese automotive industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 959-983

  Zhao, Zheng Jane ^a   Anand, Jaideep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity: Multinational Corporations (MNCs); Individual vs. collective; International joint ventures; Knowledge transfer; Teaching activities

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY: MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS (MNCS); CAPABILITY TRANSFER; EMERGING ECONOMIES; ENGINEERING UNIT; INDIVIDUAL VS. COLLECTIVE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED; INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LEVEL MECHANISM; TEACHING APPROACHES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TEACHING;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 68249143095     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.780     Document Type: Article

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