Knowledge creation and absorptive capacity: The effect of intra-district shared competences

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-86

  Camisón, César ^a   Forés, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Industrial district; Knowledge creation capacity; Knowledge spillovers; Organisational learning; Shared competences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951515172     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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