Knowledge acquisition and leakage in inter-firm relationships involving new technology-based firms

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1618-1633

  Parker, Hamieda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alliances; Governance; Innovation; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge loss; Knowledge management; New product development; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867707311     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211266714     Document Type: Review

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