Headquarters' Influence on Knowledge Transfer Performance

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-491

  Ciabuschi, Francesco ^a   Martín Martín, Oscar ^b   Ståhl, Benjamin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficiency; Headquarters; Knowledge transfer; Transfer performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049436900     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0042-3     Document Type: Article

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