Communities, alliances, networks and knowledge in multinational firms: A micro-analytic framework

Journal of International Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Tallman, Stephen ^a   Chacar, Aya S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities of Practice; Multinational Networks; Tacit Knowledge Exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052101660     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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