The relationship between organizational learning and firms' financial performance in strategic alliances: A contingency approach

Journal of World Business

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-379

  Jiang, Xu ^a   Li, Yuan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contingency; Organizational learning; Performance; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649136036     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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