Entrepreneurial alliances as contractual forms

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-325

  Reuer, Jeffrey J ^a   Ariño, Africa ^b   Mellewigt, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alliance contracts; Alliance design; Contract negotiations; Entrepreneurial alliances; Telecommunications industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645277079     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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