Complementarity, status similarity and social capital as drivers of alliance formation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Chung, Seungwha ^a   Singh, Harbir ^b   Lee, Kyungmook ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interorganizational network; Investment banking; Social capital; Status; Strategic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002133102     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200001)21:1<1::AID-SMJ63>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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