Behavioral attributes and performance in international strategic alliances: Review and future directions

International Marketing Review

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 585-609

  Robson, Matthew J ^a   Skarmeas, Dionysis ^b   Spyropoulou, Stavroula ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Globalization; International cooperation; Performance criteria; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749996753     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330610712120     Document Type: Article

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