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Right person in the right place: How the host country IPR influences the distribution of inventors in offshore R&D projects of multinational enterprises

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  • Anand Nandkumar & Kannan Srikanth, 2016. "Right person in the right place: How the host country IPR influences the distribution of inventors in offshore R&D projects of multinational enterprises," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(8), pages 1715-1733, August.
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