The moderator role of size in alliance-performance relationships

Acta Oeconomica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-199

  Agardi I ^a   Bauer, A ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alliance performance relationship; Firm size; Moderator variable; Retail alliance

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; RESEARCH; RETAILING;

EID: 47249084191     PISSN: 00016373     EISSN: 15882659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AOecon.58.2008.2.3     Document Type: Article

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