Multilateral alliances and innovation output: The importance of equity and technological scope

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2403-2410

  Xu, Shichun ^a   Fenik, Anton P ^a   Shaner, Matthew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity governance; Innovation output; Multilateral alliances; Technology scope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905581443     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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