Incumbent's advantage through exploiting complementary assets via interfirm cooperation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 687-699

  Rothaermel, Frank T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopharmaceutical industry; Complementary assets; Strategic alliances; Technological discontinuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000388376     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.180     Document Type: Article

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