Erratum to External Knowledge Search Strategies in China's Technology Ventures: The Role of Managerial Interpretations and Ties [Management and Organization Review., 9, 437-463] DOI: 10.1111/more.12037;External Knowledge Search Strategies in China's Technology Ventures: The Role of Managerial Interpretations and Ties

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 437-463

  Liu, Jingjiang ^a   Chen, Lu ^a   Kittilaksanawong, Wiboon ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS   (Japan)

Author keywords

External knowledge search; Managerial interpretations; Managerial ties; Search breadth; Search depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887563438     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/more.12047     Document Type: Erratum

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