Acquiring and Applying Knowledge in Transnational Teams: The Roles of Cosmopolitans and Locals

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Organ. Sci.

• Publication date

  2006-05-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1287/orsc.1060.0187
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