Alliance structuring behavior: Relative influence of alliance type and specific alliance experience

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-825

  Rahman, Noushi ^a   Korn, Helaine J ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint ventures; Organizational structures; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952916489     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011043939     Document Type: Article

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