Vertical integration, innovation, and alliance portfolio size: Implications for firm performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1042-1064

  Lahiri, Nandini ^a   Narayanan, Sriram ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance portfolio; financial performance; innovation performance; manufacturing alliances; vertical integration

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE PORTFOLIO; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM BOUNDARIES; FIRM PERFORMANCE; IMPACT PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

FINANCE; INDUSTRY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84880325424     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2045     Document Type: Article

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