Knowledge acquisition's mediation of social capital-firm innovation

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-76

  Martínez Cañas, Ricardo ^a   Sáez Martínez, Francisco J ^a   Ruiz Palomino, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Interfirm relations; Knowledge acquisition; Science parks; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857608035     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271211198945     Document Type: Article

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