Knowledge spillovers and alliance formation

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1058-1090

  Phene, Anupama ^a   Tallman, Stephen ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance formation; Biotechnology; Knowledge spillovers; Patents; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911365588     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12088     Document Type: Article

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