Which signal to rely on? The impact of the quality of board interlocks and inventive capabilities on research and development alliance formation under uncertainty

Strategic Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 364-388

  Ni Sullivan, Bilian ^a   Tang, Yi ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Board interlock; inventive capability; R D alliance; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887494073     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127013502160     Document Type: Article

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