Governance in multilateral R & D alliances

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1191-1210

  Li, Dan ^a   Eden, Lorraine ^b   Hitt, Michael A ^b   Ireland, R Duane ^b   Garrett, Robert P ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance longevity; Alliance performance; Bilateral alliance; Governance; Knowledge protection; Knowledge sharing; Multilateral alliance; R D alliance; Social exchange theory; Trilateral alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867066286     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0671     Document Type: Article

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