Embedding, knowledge transfer, industry clusters and global competitiveness with firm performance: Case study of the Iran

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-157

  Maroofi, Fakhrddin ^a   Sadqi, Farzad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cluster resources; Embedding; Global competitiveness; Iran; Iran petroleum industry; Knowledge management; Trust performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859400712     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2012.046198     Document Type: Article

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