The architecture of cooperation: Managing coordination costs and appropriation concerns in strategic alliances

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 781-814

  Gulati, Ranjay ^a   Singh, Harbir ^a  

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EID: 0032218715     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393616     Document Type: Article

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