Learning and sharing in a Chinese high-technology cluster: A study of inter-firm and intra-firm knowledge flows between R&D employees

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-296

  Ramirez, Matias ^a   Li, Xibao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; LEARNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350776447     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2009.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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