Learning from Failure: Towards an Evolutionary Model of Collaborative Ventures

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-325

  Ariño, Africa ^a   De La Torre, José ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Collaborative Behavior; Joint Ventures; Learning and Failure in Alliances; Relational Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009400818     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.3.306     Document Type: Article

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