Motivation, achievements and failure of strategic alliances: The case of Swedish auto-manufacturers in Russia

European Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 460-470

  Zineldin, Mosad ^a   Dodourova, Mariana ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business failures; Motivation (psychology); Strategic alliances; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944456387     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340510620357     Document Type: Article

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