On the role of alliance management capability, organizational compatibility, and interaction quality in interorganizational technology transfer

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1049-1057

  Leischnig, Alexander ^a   Geigenmueller, Anja ^b   Lohmann, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alliance management capability; Interaction quality; Organizational compatibility; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897630777     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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