Bringing the institutional context back in: A cross-national comparison of alliance partner selection and knowledge acquisition

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 319-338

  Vasudeva, Gurneeta ^a   Spencer, Jennifer W ^b   Teegen, Hildy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance formation; Corporatism.; Knowledge acquisition; National institutions; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877681754     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0743     Document Type: Article

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