The tension of information sharing: Effects on subsidiary embeddedness

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-195

  Santangelo, Grazia Domenica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Market competition; Peripheral areas; Pressure to innovate; Subsidiary embeddedness; Unintended private knowledge spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857997088     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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