Interlocking directorates and the knowledge transfer of supermarket retail techniques from North America to Britain

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-394

  Shaw, Gareth ^a   Alexander, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

interlocking directorships; Knowledge; supermarkets; transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015927035     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960600697113     Document Type: Article

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