Cooperative agreements and the theory of the firm: Focusing on barriers to change

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-225

  Sachwald, Frédérique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperative agreements; Evolutionary theory; F23; L22; Multinational firms; Theory of the firm; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032043992     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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