Knowledge integration and vertical specialization in the semiconductor industry

European Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-276

  Dibiaggio, Ludovic ^a   Nasiriyar, Maryam ^b  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Industry architecture; Innovative performance; Knowledge base decomposition; Knowledge integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949121914     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.23     Document Type: Article

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