Modeling alliance activity: An iterated prisoners' dilemma with exit option

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1057-1074

  Arend, Richard J ^a   Seale, Darryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Formal model; Iterated prisoners' dilemma

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ALLIANCE; FORMAL MODEL; ITERATED PRISONERS' DILEMMA; MODELING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 25844460176     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.491     Document Type: Review

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