Multinational enterprises and competence-creating knowledge flows: A theoretical analysis

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 38-57

  Cantwell, John A ^a,b   Mudambi, Ram ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84996463369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230523876     Document Type: Chapter

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