Formal and real authority in interorganizational networks: The case of joint ventures

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3-5, 2013, Pages 319-327

  Hippmann, Patrick ^a   Windsperger, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 84876093308     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.2592     Document Type: Article

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