Value creation in alliance portfolios: The benefits and costs of network resource interdependencies

European Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-64

  Wassmer, Ulrich ^a   Dussauge, Pierre ^b  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

alliance portfolios; resource based view of the firm; strategic alliances; value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954470263     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-4762.2011.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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