Collaboration between developed and developing country-based firms: Danish-Ghanaian experience

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 538-557

  Kuada, John ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alliances; Denmark; Developing countries; Ghana; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442266462     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620210442866     Document Type: Article

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