Local and international knowledge search and product innovation: The moderating role of technology boundary spanning

International Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 542-551

  Wu, Jie ^a   Wu, Zefu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

China; Emerging markets; International search; Knowledge search; Local search; Product innovation; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897572458     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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