Interfirm Rivalry and Managerial Complexity: A Conceptual Framework of Alliance Failure

Organization Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-53

  Park, Seung Ho ^a   Ungson, Gerardo R ^a  

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EID: 0035589292     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.1.37.10118     Document Type: Article

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