Alliance Governance: Balancing Control and Trust in Dealing with Risk

Long Range Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-95

  de Man, Ard Pieter ^a   Roijakkers, Nadine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE SECTORS; CONSUMER GOODS; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; HIGH-RISK SITUATIONS; IN LINES; INTERMEDIATE LEVELS;

MANAGERS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FINANCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RETAILING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 60449114774     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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