The Firm, Human Capital, and Knowledge Creation

The Oxford Handbook of Human Capital

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Von Krogh, Georg ^a   Wallin, Martin W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Employment contract; Firm level knowledge; Human capital; Motivational aspects; Non pecuniary rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066516965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199532162.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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