Microfoundations of Firm R&D Capabilities: A Study of Inventor Networks in a Merger

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1509-1535

  Paruchuri, Srikanth ^a   Eisenman, Micki ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intra firm networks; Mergers and acquisitions; New knowledge generation; Path altering; R D capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869495756     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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