The motivations for knowledge transfer across borders: The diffusion of data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology

Scientometrics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 397-421

  Ho, Mei Hsiu Ching ^a   Liu, John S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brokerages; DEA method; Knowledge diffusion; Location; Network position

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871918244     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0705-x     Document Type: Article

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