Allocation of decision rights in joint ventures

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 491-501

  Windsperger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 70350367893     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1464     Document Type: Article

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