Network location and learning: The influence of network resources and firm capabilities on alliance formation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 397-420

  Gulati, Ranjay ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative capabilities; Embeddedness; Organizational learning; Social networks; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001458153     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199905)20:5<397::AID-SMJ35>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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