The nature of partnering experience and the gains from alliances

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1213-1233

  Ranjay, Gulati ^a   Lavie, Dovev ^b   Singh, Harbir ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Partnering experience; Value creation

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCES; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; JOINT VENTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PARTNERING EXPERIENCE; PRIOR EXPERIENCE; STOCK MARKET; VALUE CREATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 70349604932     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.786     Document Type: Article

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