Proximity, knowledge transfer, and innovation in technology-based M&As

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3563-3572

  Ensign, Prescott C ^a   Chreim, Samia ^b   Persaud, Ajax ^b   Lin, Chen Dong ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; THREE DIMENSIONS;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875522146     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2013.457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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