The management of firms' alliance network positioning: Implications for innovation

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-388

  Soda, Giuseppe ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alliance; Automotive industry; Network

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053052679     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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