Protective capacity and absorptive capacity: Managing the balance between retention and creation of knowledge-based resources

Learning Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 440-452

  Andersén, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Alliances; Corporate strategy; Intergroup relations; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management; Resource based theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863792554     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471211239730     Document Type: Article

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