Network governance: A cross-level study of social mechanisms, knowledge benefits, and strategic outcomes in joint-design alliances

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 685-703

  Capaldo, Antonio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common and private benefits; Interorganizational relationships; Network organization; Relational embeddedness; Structural embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901637115     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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