An innovative approach to identify the knowledge diffusion path: The case of resource-based theory

Scientometrics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 225-246

  Lu, Louis Y Y ^a   Liu, John S ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Citation based analysis; Knowledge diffusion; Main path analysis; Resource based theory; Resource based view; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871923503     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0744-3     Document Type: Review

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