Critical events in time and space when cooperation turns into competition in business relationships

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-343

  Tidström, Annika ^a   Hagberg Andersson, Åsa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business relationships; Competition; Cooperation; Space; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858332554     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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