Social structure and technology spillovers from foreign to domestic firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-263

  Eapen, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

absorptive capacity; knowledge and productivity spillovers; networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859010297     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2012.2     Document Type: Article

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