Balancing exploration and exploitation in alliance formation

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 797-818

  Lavie, Dovev ^a   Rosenkopf, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33748997701     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.22083085     Document Type: Article

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