Competitive advantage in alliance governance: Resolving the opportunism minimization-gain maximization paradox

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 191-208

  Hansen, Mark H ^a,d   Hoskisson, Robert E ^b   Barney, Jay B ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41449094654     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1394     Document Type: Article

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