Unveiling the temporally contingent role of codification in alliance success

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 462-473

  Heimeriks, Koen H ^a   Bingham, Christopher B ^b   Laamanen, Tomi ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alliances; Capability; Codification; Knowledge; Learning

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

ALLIANCES; CAPABILITY; CODIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84921849793     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2224     Document Type: Article

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