Do birds of a feather flock higher? the effects of partner similarity on innovation in strategic alliances in knowledge-intensive industries

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1005-1030

  Luo, Xiaowei ^a   Deng, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 68349147932     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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