Cultural distance and its implication for the duration of the international alliance in a high technology sector

International Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 699-712

  Malik, Tariq H ^a   Zhao, Yanzhi ^a  

^a DONGBEI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Cultural diversity and stable knowledge flow; Distance for learning alliance; Duration of the alliance; International business alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876710297     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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