Effective interfirm collaboration: How firms minimize transaction costs and maximize transaction value

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 535-556

  Dyer, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset specificity; Collaborative advantage; Suppliers; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348139687     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199708)18:7<535::aid-smj885>3.3.co;2-q     Document Type: Article

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