Strategic repositioning by means of alliance networks: The case of IBM

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1496-1511

  Dittrich, Koen ^a   Duysters, Geert ^b,c   de Man, Ard Pieter ^d,e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Atos Consulting NV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alliance networks; Exploration exploitation; IBM; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ALLIANCE NETWORKS; EXPLOITATION STRATEGY; LARGE-SCALE STRATEGIC; STRATEGIC CHANGE;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 36049018969     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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