Knowledge transfer and the role of local absorptive capability at science and technology parks

Learning Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 291-307

  Awang, Abd Hair ^a   Hussain, Mohd Yusof ^a   Malek, Jalaluddin Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Multinational companies; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881579719     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TLO-12-2011-0059     Document Type: Article

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