Relational Capital: Strategic Advantage for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs) Through Negotiation and Collaboration

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-497

  Welbourne, Theresa M ^a   Pardo del Val, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative entrepreneurship; Human capital; Interfirm linkages; Negotiation; Relational capital; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149101980     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-008-9138-6     Document Type: Article

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