The influence of flexibility in buyer-seller relationships on the productivity of knowledge

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-451

  Young, Greg ^a   Sapienza, Harry ^b   Baumer, David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Interorganizational relationships; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409151     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00243-0     Document Type: Article

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