Managerial ties, knowledge acquisition, realized absorptive capacity and new product market performance of emerging multinational companies: A case of China

Journal of World Business

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-176

  Kotabe, Masaaki ^a   Jiang, Crystal Xiangwen ^b   Murray, Janet Y ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emerging economy; Knowledge acquisition; Managerial ties; New product market performance; Realized absorptive capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951958501     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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