Mutual dependence, partner substitutability, and repeated partnership: The survival of cross-border alliances

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-253

  Xia, Jun ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance survival; mutual trade dependence; partner substitutability; repeated partnership

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; ALLIANCE SURVIVAL; CROSS-BORDER; FOREIGN FIRMS; HOST COUNTRIES; MUTUAL TRADE DEPENDENCE; PARTNER SUBSTITUTABILITY; REPEATED PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES;

COMMERCE;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 78651063966     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.873     Document Type: Article

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