An operations perspective on strategic alliance success factors: An exploratory study of alliance managers in the software industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-490

  Taylor, Andrew ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Process management; Software engineering; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844419547     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570510593157     Document Type: Article

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