Probing the unobtrusive link: Dominant logic and the design of joint ventures at general electric

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 593-602

  Lampel, Joseph ^a   Shamsie, Jamal ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Dominant logic; GE; Joint ventures; Strategic cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005956383     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200005)21:5<593::AID-SMJ100>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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