Acquiring external knowledge to avoid wheel re-invention

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-105

  Lopez, Victor Wilfredo Bohorquez ^a   Esteves, Jose ^b  

^a CENTRUM CATÓLICA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Peru)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

External networks; Innovation; Internal networks; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge appropriation; Knowledge management; Knowledge based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874120583     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271311300787     Document Type: Article

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