Learning through international acquisitions: the process of knowledge acquisition in china

Management International Review

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-226

  Zou, Huan ^a   Ghauri, Pervez N ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study research; China; International acquisitions; Knowledge acquisition; Learning process; Network capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449116229     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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