Alliance management capability: An investigation of the construct and its measurement

Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1192-1219

  Schilke, Oliver ^a,b   Goerzen, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Experience; Interorganizational networks; Strategic alliances; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955191778     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310362102     Document Type: Article

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