Leveraging knowledge and competencies across space: The next frontier in international business

Journal of International Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-189

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Swift, Tim ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Knowledge based competencies; The knowledge life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052092256     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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