Inter firm diversity and the management of meaning in international strategic alliances

International Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-252

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Andersen, Poul Houman ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alliances; Diversity; Meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165198     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(99)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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