Exploring the motives and determinants of innovation performance of Malaysian offshore international joint ventures

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1623-1641

  Idris, Aida ^a   Tey, Lian Seng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Innovation; Joint ventures; Knowledge transfer; Malaysia; Malaysian international joint ventures; Motive; Strategic fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455138185     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111183799     Document Type: Review

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