What determines the performance of strategic alliance managers? Two lens model studies

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-508

  Zoogah, David B ^a   Peng, Mike W ^b  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance competencies; Alliance manager performance; Cues; Lens model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960607598     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-009-9187-7     Document Type: Article

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