The Impact of Accumulating and Reactivating Technological Experience on R&D Alliance Performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1194-1216

  Ernst, Holger ^a   Lichtenthaler, Ulrich ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 79960745560     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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