Signaling, spillover and learning effects of knowledge flows on division performance within related diversified firms

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 928-942

  Villasalero, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Diversification; Knowledge inflow; Knowledge outflow; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886494571     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-03-2013-0101     Document Type: Article

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