Alliance Addiction: Do Alliances Create Real Benefits?

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-66

  Park, Gunno ^a   Kang, Jina ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84878138631     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12016     Document Type: Article

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