Decision Making Within and Between Organizations: Rationality, Politics, and Alliance Performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1582-1610

  Walter, Jorge ^a   Kellermanns, Franz W ^b   Lechner, Christoph ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alliance performance; decision process characteristics; politics; procedural rationality; strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864150885     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310363308     Document Type: Article

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