Strategic technology alliance termination: An empirical investigation

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-320

  Sadowski, Bert ^a   Duysters, Geert ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alliance termination; Failure rates; Strategic technology alliances

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE TERMINATION; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FAILURE RATES; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES; PREMATURE TERMINATION; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE; STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES; TRACK RECORD; WIN-WIN;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 68749104739     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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