An exploration of the patterns underlying related and unrelated collaborative ventures using neural network: Empirical investigation of collaborative venture formation data spanning 1985-2001

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 659-686

  Nair, Anand ^a   Hanvanich, Sangphet ^b   Tamer Cavusgil, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative ventures; Neural network; Pattern recognition; Relatedness; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248976498     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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