Process capabilities and value generation in alliance portfolios

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-600

  Sarkar, M B ^a,b   Aulakh, Preet S ^c   Madhok, Anoop ^c,d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alliance function; Alliance management capability; Alliance portfolios; Interorganizational value creation; Network diversity; Organizational processes; Portfolio capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350378194     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0390     Document Type: Article

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