Professional Service Constellations: How Strategies and Capabilities Influence Collaborative Stability and Change

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 396-410

  Jones, Candace ^a   Hesterly, William S ^b   Fladmoe Lindquist, Karin ^b   Borgatti, Stephen P ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi partner Strategic Alliances; Organizational Change; Professional Services; Resource based View

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032383540     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.3.396     Document Type: Article

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