Alliance portfolios: A review and research Agenda

Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-171

  Wassmer, Ulrich ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alliance portfolios; Literature review; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949129749     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308328484     Document Type: Review

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