Do partners in international strategic alliances share resources, costs, and risks?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-498

  Li, Lee ^a   Qian, Gongming ^b   Qian, Zhengming ^c,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

International strategic alliances; Low tech and high tech industries; Resource cost risk sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874343898     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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