The Relationship between Control and Partner Learning in Learning-related Joint Ventures

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 508-527

  Makhija, Mona V ^a   Ganesh, Usha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Controls; Joint Ventures; Knowledge Characteristics; Organizational Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031514474     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.5.508     Document Type: Article

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