Strategic alliances and models of collaboration

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-148

  Todeva, Emanuela ^a   Knoke, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Organizational structures; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744375007     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510572533     Document Type: Review

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