Prior commitments: Compatible interests versus capabilities in alliance behavior

International Interactions

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-329

  Gibler, Douglas ^a   Rider, Toby J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Capabilities; Interests; Similarity; Trade off model

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144341432     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050620490883985     Document Type: Article

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