Are alliances a panacea for SMEs? The achievement of competitive priorities and firm performance

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 190-202

  Hung, Shu Chi ^a   Hung, Shiu Wan ^a   Lin, Ming Ji James ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

competitive priorities; competitiveness; firm performance; SMEs; strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918838068     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2014.927133     Document Type: Article

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