MNC-SME strategic alliances - A model framing knowledge value as the primary predictor of governance modal choice

Journal of International Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-416

  O'Dwyer, Michèle ^a   O'Flynn, Eamonn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Appropriation concern; Governance mode; Knowledge transfer; MNC SME strategic alliances; Organisational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444502092     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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