Framing and interorganizational knowledge transfer: A process study of collaborative innovation in the aircraft industry

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-378

  Van Burg, Elco ^a   Berends, Hans ^a   Van Raaij, Erik M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Framing; Innovation; Interorganizational knowledge transfer; Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897099385     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12055     Document Type: Article

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