What do firms from transition economies want from their strategic alliance partners?

Business Horizons

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-174

  Young, Michael N ^a   Ahlstrom, David ^b   Bruton, Garry D ^c   Rubanik, Yuri ^d  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

International expansion; Strategic alliances; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551617920     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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