Why members stay in or leave an R&D consortium: Performance and conditions of membership as determinants of continuity

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 855-877

  Olk, Paul ^a,c   Young, Candace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Membership continuity; Performance; Power dependence; R D consortia; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MEMBERSHIP CONTINUITY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031360213     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199712)18:11<855::AID-SMJ923>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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