The dynamics of learning alliances: Competition, cooperation, and relative scope

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-210

  Khanna, Tarun ^a   Gulati, Ranjay ^b   Nohria, Nitin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance dynamics; Common benefits; Private benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000884659     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199803)19:3<193::aid-smj949>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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