Technological Knowledge Intensity and Entry Mode Diversity

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 659-681

  Hashai, Niron ^a   Asmussen, Christian G ^b   Benito, Gabriel R G ^c   Petersen, Bent ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Entry mode diversity; Technological knowledge intensity; Value chain activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651103295     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0059-7     Document Type: Article

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