Offshoring of intangibles: Organizational and strategic issues

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-336

  Grimaldi, Rosa ^a   Mattarelli, Elisa ^b   Prencipe, Andrea ^c,d   von Zedtwitz, Maximilian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77955878740     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2010.496240     Document Type: Editorial

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