Resource-based View of Strategic Alliance Formation: Strategic and Social Effects in Entrepreneurial Firms

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-150

  Eisenhardt, Kathleen M ^a   Schoonhoven, Claudia Bird ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Product Innovation; Resource based View of the Firm; Strategic Alliances; Top Management Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030533217     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.2.136     Document Type: Article

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