Governance Mechanisms for the Promotion of Social Capital for Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-150

  Gooderham, Paul ^a   Minbaeva, Dana B ^b   Pedersen, Torben ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 78649709387     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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