Organizational learning and interfirm control: The effects of partner search and prior exchange experiences

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1233-1250

  Dekker, Henri C ^a   van den Abbeele, Alexandra ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Control design; Interfirm relationships; Organizational learning; Partner experience; Partner search

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649754163     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0505     Document Type: Article

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