Technological centers as a negotiated context to combine technological capabilities

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-482

  de Castro, Luis M ^a   Mota, Joao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Industrial districts; Inter organizational capability building; Inter organizations collaboration; Socio economic context

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149126769     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-008-9137-7     Document Type: Article

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