Managing service innovation and interorganizational relationships for firm performance: To commit or diversify?

Journal of Service Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-356

  Eisingerich, Andreas B ^a   Rubera, Gaia ^b   Seifert, Matthias ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Interorganizational relationships; Relationship commitment; Relationship diversity; Service innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349168371     PISSN: 10946705     EISSN: 15527379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094670508329223     Document Type: Article

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