Searching for alliance partners: Effects of geographic distance on the formation of R&D collaborations

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 283-298

  Reuer, Jeffrey J ^a   Lahiri, Nandini ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information economics; Partner selection; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893389050     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0805     Document Type: Article

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