Inter-firm market orientation as antecedent of knowledge transfer, innovation and value creation in networks

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 444-467

  Cambra Fierro, Jesús ^a   Florin, Juan ^b   Perez, Lourdes ^c   Whitelock, Jeryl ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge management; Market orientation; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952794243     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111120798     Document Type: Article

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