Strategic partnerships, social capital and innovation: Accounting for social alliance innovation

Business Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-391

  Jamali, Dima ^a   Yianni, Mary ^b   Abdallah, Hanin ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80054869839     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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