The role of alliance network redundancy in the creation of core and non-core technologies

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-244

  Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^a   Gilsing, Victor ^b   Beerkens, Bonnie ^c   Duysters, Geert ^d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

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EID: 58449124654     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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