The development and sharing of knowledge by centres of excellence and transnational teams: A conceptual framework

Management International Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-338

  Adenfelt, Maria ^a   Lagerström, Katarina ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Centre of excellence; Knowledge development; Knowledge sharing; Multinational corporation; Transnational team

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449087230     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0018-8     Document Type: Article

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