Absorptive capacity-one size fits all? A firm-level analysis of absorptive capacity for different kinds of knowledge

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Schmidt, Tobias ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

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EID: 77949733390     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1423     Document Type: Article

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