Exploration and exploitation fit and performance in international strategic alliances

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 558-574

  Nielsen, Bo Bernhard ^a,b   Gudergan, Siegfried ^c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alliances; Ambidexterity; Exploitation; Exploration; Performance; Strategic fit; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861200539     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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