Knowledge accession and knowledge acquisition in strategic alliances: The impact of supplementary and complementary dimensions

British Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 598-609

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Glaister, Keith W ^b   Klijn, Elko ^c   Tan, Hui ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73849108444     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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