Technology Sourcing and Reverse Productivity Spillovers in the Multinational Enterprise: Global or Regional Phenomenon?

British Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Driffield, Nigel ^a   Love, James H ^a   Yang, Yong ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84891520093     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12009     Document Type: Article

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