Governing interfirm knowledge transfer in the Chinese market: The interplay of formal and informal mechanisms

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 783-791

  Zhang, Qiyuan ^a   Zhou, Kevin Zheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Governance mechanisms; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Relational exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884125564     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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