Instabilities of Strategic Alliances: An Internal Tensions Perspective

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-101

  Das, T K ^a   Teng, Bing Sheng ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Internal tensions; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347939813     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.1.77.12570     Document Type: Article

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