When the social structure overshadows competitive incentives: The effects of network embeddedness on joint venture dissolution

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-223

  Polidoro Jr , Francisco ^a   Ahuja, Gautam ^b   Mitchell, Will ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952597985     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.59215088     Document Type: Article

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