Managing instability in cross-cultural alliances

Long Range Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 543-563

  Gill, Jas ^b   Butler, R J ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CROSS-CULTURAL ALLIANCES;

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; JOINT VENTURE;

JAPAN; MALAYSIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344530597     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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