Membership and incentives in network alliances

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-262

  Dexter, Albert S ^a   Nault, Barrie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cannibalization; Exclusivity; Incentives and coordination; Network alliance

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CANNIBALIZATION; EXCLUSIVITY; INCENTIVES; INCENTIVES AND COORDINATION; MEMBERSHIP; NETWORK ALLIANCES;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646041901     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.872246     Document Type: Article

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