Knowledge transfer capacity of multinational enterprises and technology acquisition in international joint ventures

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-87

  Park, Byung Il ^a  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

IJVs; Knowledge transfer capacity; Korea; Technology acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650546904     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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