Learning to work in asymmetric relationships: Insights from the computer software industry

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Pérez, Lourdes ^a   Cambra Fierro, Jesús ^b  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alliances; Co creation; Committed champions; Dual value appropriation; Networks; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921830532     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-12-2013-0468     Document Type: Article

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