Organizational differences, relational mechanisms, and alliance performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1453-1479

  Lavie, Dovev ^a   Haunschild, Pamela R ^b   Khanna, Poonam ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance; organizational difference; partner fit; performance; relational mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENCE; PARTNER FIT; PERFORMANCE; RELATIONAL MECHANISMS;

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84867842902     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1987     Document Type: Article

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