Knowledge acquisition and corporate entrepreneurship: Insights from Spanish SMEs in the ICT sector

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-408

  Bojica, Ana Maria ^a   Fuentes, Maria del Mar Fuentes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Corporate entrepreneurship; Inter firm relationships; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge based resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861013099     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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