Acquisition of managerial knowledge from foreign parents: Evidence from Korean joint ventures

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 527-545

  Park, Byung Il ^a   Giroud, Axèle ^b   Glaister, Keith W ^c  

^a Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; International joint venture; Knowledge acquisition; Korea

Indexed keywords

JOINT VENTURE; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT; MODELING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

KOREA;

EID: 77951657109     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380802630757     Document Type: Article

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