Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Clustered Interorganizational Networks in Brazil

Latin American Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-163

  Hoffmann, Valmir Emil ^a   Bandeira de Mello, Rodrigo ^b   Molina Morales, F Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brazilian industry; clustered inter organizational networks; industrial districts; innovation; knowledge transfer; resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859061022     PISSN: 10978526     EISSN: 15286932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10978526.2011.614168     Document Type: Article

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