Growth dynamics: The bidirectional relationship between interfirm collaboration and business sales in entrant and incumbent alliances

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-521

  Singh, Kulwant ^a   Mitchell, Will ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Business growth; Entrants; Incumbents

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTRACTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRY; SALES;

BUSINESS SALES; ENTRANTS; GROWTH DYNAMICS; INCUMBENT ALLIANCES;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 18744397235     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.462     Document Type: Article

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