Knowledge Spillovers, Search, and Creation in China's Emerging Market

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 395-412

  Li, Haiyang ^a   Lyles, Marjorie ^b  

^a Anthea)   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Knowledge creation; Knowledge search; Knowledge spillovers; Reverse innovation; Reverse spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887537567     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/more.12036     Document Type: Article

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