Governance structure choice in strategic alliances: The roles of alliance objectives, alliance management experience, and international partners

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 725-742

  Teng, Bing Sheng ^a   Das, T K ^b  

^a Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

International business; Joint ventures; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449092584     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810873482     Document Type: Article

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