Knowledge transfer in international acquisitions: A retrospective

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Birkinshaw, Julian ^a   Bresman, Henrik ^b   Nobel, Robert ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

^c IFL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

International acquisitions; Knowledge based view of the firm; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449147216     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.71     Document Type: Article

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