A strategic contingency model for technology alliance

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 623-644

  Ju, Teresa L ^a   Chen, Shu Hui ^b   Li, Chia Ying ^b   Lee, Tien Shiang ^c  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Contingency planning; Organizations

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INTERNET; PLANNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS PRACTITIONERS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONTIGENCY PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 20444454027     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570510599995     Document Type: Article

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