Safe nests in global nets: Internationalization and appropriability of R & D in wireless telecom

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 910-934

  Di Minin, Alberto ^a,b   Bianchi, Mattia ^a,c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

headquarters subsidiary roles and relations; innovation and R D; internationalization theory; patents and intellectual property; qualitative quantitative comparisons; telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052675350     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.16     Document Type: Article

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