Decision making on governance of strategic technology alliances

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-270

  Pateli, Adamantia G ^a  

^a IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asset valuation; Governance; Strategic alliances; Technology led strategy; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549104112     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910938902     Document Type: Article

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