Global integration and innovation: Multicountry knowledge generation within MNCs

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 869-890

  Berry, Heather ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

innovation; knowledge; manufacturing integration; multicountry innovations; multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; INTEGRATION; MANUFACTURE;

COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION; GLOBAL INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE GENERATIONS; MANUFACTURING INTEGRATIONS; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; TYPES OF INNOVATIONS; WORLD-WIDE OPERATIONS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84900503970     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2140     Document Type: Article

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