Cooperation governance mode: An extended transaction cost approach

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-323

  Kuittinen, Hanna ^a   Kyläheiko, Kalevi ^a   Sandström, Jaana ^a   Jantunen, Ari ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Dynamic capability; Information and communications technology industry; Logistic regression; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350362971     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-008-9074-5     Document Type: Article

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