Factors of stickiness in transfers of know-how between MNC units

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-57

  Montazemi, Ali Reza ^a   Pittaway, Jeffrey James ^a   Qahri Saremi, Hamed ^a   Wei, Yongbin ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Checheng Ave   (China)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Innovation; Know how; Knowledge flow; Multinational corporations; Social capital; Stickiness

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; KNOW-HOW; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; STICKINESS;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84858442126     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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