Knowledge and Strategy Creation in Multinational Companies: Social-Identity Frames and Temporary Tension in Knowledge Combination

Management International Review

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 821-850

  Regnér, Patrick ^a   Zander, Udo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; Multinational companies; Social identity frames; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864419976     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-011-0110-3     Document Type: Article

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