Equity alliances, stages of product development, and alliance instability

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-214

  Bierly III, Paul E ^a   Coombs, Joseph E ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance instability; Minority equity alliances; New product development

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ALLIANCE INSTABILITY; MINORITY EQUITY ALLIANCES; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 3242766884     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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