Why do firms seek to share human resource management knowledge? The importance of inter-firm networks

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-199

  Martin Rios, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; HRM knowledge; Inter firm networks; Prestige; Reciprocity; Sharing; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888430094     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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