When competition eclipses cooperation: An event history analysis of joint venture failure

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 875-890

  Park, Seung Ho ^a   Russo, Michael V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cooperation between Competitors; Event History Analysis; Joint Venture Failure; Nonmonotonic Hazard; Transaction cost Economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000624995     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.6.875     Document Type: Article

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