Supporting strategic alliances the SMART way

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-392

  Conn, Steffen ^a   Bitran, Iain ^b  

^a ISPIM The International Society for Professional Innovation Management   (Denmark)

^b PO Box 18   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision support system; partner selection; partnership; SMART; strategic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144449644     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2004.005482     Document Type: Article

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