What matters to managerial knowledge acquisition in international joint ventures? High knowledge acquirers versus low knowledge acquirers

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-79

  Park, Byung Il ^a  

^a Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Extent of knowledge acquisition; International joint venture; Korea; Managerial knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849129627     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9111-6     Document Type: Article

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