Competence-creating overlaps and subsidiary technological evolution in the multinational corporation

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 673-686

  Kappen, Philip ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internationalization of technology and R D; Multinational corporation; Subsidiary evolution

Indexed keywords

EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS; GREENFIELD; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; SUBSIDIARY EVOLUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 79955906993     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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