MNCs between the local and the global: Knowledge bases, proximity and distributed knowledge networks

Innovation and Institutional Embeddedness of Multinational Companies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 77-104

  Asheim, Bjørn T ^a,b   Ebersberger, Bernd ^c   Herstad, Sverre J ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation   (Norway)

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EID: 84867307427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857934338.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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