Divisive faultlines and the unplanned dissolutions of multipartner alliances

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1351-1371

  Heidl, Ralph A ^a   Kevin Steensma, H ^b   Phelps, Corey ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Faultlines; Interorganizational relations; Multipartner alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907577733     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0898     Document Type: Article

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