Organizational learning during internationalization: Acquiring local institutional knowledge

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 783-797

  Javernick Will, Amy Nicole ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; International projects; Internationalization; Knowledge management; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROCESSES; ENGINEERING FIRMS; FOREIGN MARKETS; INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; INTERNATIONALIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; REAL ESTATE;

EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

FIRM SIZE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

EID: 70349690195     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903117801     Document Type: Article

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