Expatriate Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and Subsidiary Performance
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Academy of Management Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0001-4273,1948-0989
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0985