The Coevolution of Network Alliances: A Longitudinal Analysis of an International Professional Service Network

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 638-653

  Koza, Mitchell P ^a   Lewin, Arie Y ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Instabilities; Network alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033265169     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.5.638     Document Type: Article

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