Deceitful behaviors of alliance partners: Potential and prevention

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 706-719

  Das, T K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk management; Strategic alliances; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444501764     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510597725     Document Type: Article

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