Organizational learning implications of partnering flexibility in project-venture settings: A multilevel framework

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 115-145

  Schwab, Andreas ^a   Miner, Anne S ^a  

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EID: 84862686228     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2011)0000028009     Document Type: Review

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