Interfirm Alliances: A Taxonomy for SMEs

Long Range Planning

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 168-181

  Franco, Mário ^a   Haase, Heiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; FINANCE;

BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTER-FIRM ALLIANCES; PARTNER SELECTION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

TAXONOMIES;

EID: 84928586729     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: 18731872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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