The Art of Knowledge Transfer: Secondary and Reverse Transfer in China’s Telecommunications Manufacturing Industry

This paper extends the theory on knowledge transfer and learning within multinational firms. It provides a theory-building study grounded in the context of the entry and operations of foreign multinational enterprises in the Chinese manufacturing industry.

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