Behind acquisitions of alliance partners: Exploratory learning and network embeddedness

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1069-1080

  Yang, Haibin ^a   Lin, Zhiang John ^b   Peng, Mike W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 82255192970     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2007.0767     Document Type: Article

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