Complementarities and substitutabilities among knowledge sourcing strategies and their impact on firm performance

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 498-545

  Choi, Byounggu ^a   Lee, Jae Nam ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complementarity theory; Complementary; Firm performance; Knowledge intensive environment; Knowledge management; Knowledge sourcing strategies; Knowledge based view; Submodularity; Substitutability; Supermodularity

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

COMPLEMENTARITY THEORY; COMPLEMENTARY; FIRM PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVES; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; SOURCING STRATEGIES; SUBMODULARITY; SUBSTITUTABILITY; SUPERMODULARITY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864501112     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00303     Document Type: Article

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