Types and functions of social relationships in the organizing of an international joint venture

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Mainela, Tuija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Joint venture; Network; Organizing; Social relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349013514     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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