An empirical investigation of the drivers of international strategic alliance formation

European Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-322

  Nielsen, Bo Bernhard ^a  

^a Dept of Intl Economics/Management ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alliance formation; International strategic alliance; Partner selection; Strategic motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141576864     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(03)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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