Is coopetition different from cooperation? the impact of market rivalry on value creation in alliances

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-55

  Ritala, Paavo ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Coopetition; Intellectual property; Knowledge; Market rivalry; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053349330     PISSN: 14789647     EISSN: 14789655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2009.022955     Document Type: Article

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