Contingency distance factors and international research and development (R&D), marketing, and manufacturing alliance formations

International Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1061-1071

  Choi, Jeongho ^a   Yeniyurt, Sengun ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance formations; Contingency distance factors; Distance; International strategic alliance; Knowledge intensive industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943452628     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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