Strategic fit, contractual, and procedural governance in alliances

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 682-689

  Nielsen, Bo Bernhard ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contractual governance; Exploitation; Exploration; Procedural governance; Strategic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953022694     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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