Forms of network resource: Knowledge access and the role of inter-firm networks

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-352

  Huggins, Robert ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955237111     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2009.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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