The effect of strategic alliance knowledge complementarity on new product innovativeness in China

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-172

  Fang, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Innovation; Knowledge complementarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851491520     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0512     Document Type: Article

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