Explaining Alliance Partner Selection: Fit, Trust and Strategic Expediency

Long Range Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-153

  Bierly III, Paul E ^a   Gallagher, Scott ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ALLIANCE PARTNER; STRATEGIC EXPEDIENCY; TRUST;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; MERGER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 34250212492     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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