Do firms seek symmetric alliance partners? An exploratory study

Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-100

  Pangarkar, Nitin ^a   Choo, Adrian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Founder and Managing Department   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alliance performance; Partner selection; Singapore firms; Strategic alliances; Symmetric partners

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037555484     PISSN: 10599231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J098v03n01_05     Document Type: Article

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