Knowledge flows in international services firms: A conceptual model

Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise: Frontiers in International Management Research

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 177-194

  Lindsay, Valerie J ^a   Chadee, Doren ^a   Mattsson, Jan ^b   Johnston, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84996452831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230523876     Document Type: Chapter

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