A Review of Antecedents of International Strategic Alliance Performance: Synthesized Evidence and New Directions for Core Constructs

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-85

  Christoffersen, Jeppe ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

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EID: 84871106633     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2012.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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