Understanding the impact of relational capital and organizational learning on alliance outcomes

Journal of World Business

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-249

  Liu, Chia Ling Eunice ^a   Ghauri, Pervez N ^b   Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge dissemination; Relational capital; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953364383     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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