The relational view: Cooperative strategy and sources of interorganizational competitive advantage

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 660-679

  Dyer, Jeffrey H ^a   Singh, Harbir ^a  

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EID: 0032348699     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1998.1255632     Document Type: Article

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