The effects of global knowledge reservoirs on the productivity of multinational enterprises: The role of international depth and breadth

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 848-861

  Kafouros, Mario I ^a   Buckley, Peter J ^a   Clegg, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appropriability; Depth and breadth; Productivity performance; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIABILITY; DEPTH AND BREADTH; DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE; GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET; GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE; LOCATION CHOICE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; SPILLOVERS; TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY;

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84859425267     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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