Building Successful Strategic Alliances. Strategic Process and Analytical Tool for Selecting Partner Industries and Firms

Long Range Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-193

  Holmberg, Stevan R ^a   Cummings, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL THINKINGS; ANALYTICAL TOOLS; BUSINESS ALLIANCES; CORE ELEMENTS; IN BUILDINGS; PARTNER SELECTIONS; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENTS; STRATEGIC PROCESS; TRAVEL INDUSTRIES;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SERVICE PROVISION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 63549118090     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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