Stepping in and stepping out: Strategic alliance partner reconfiguration and the unplanned termination of complex projects

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1919-1941

  Bakker, Rene M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance evolution; post formation dynamics; project; project management; strategic alliance reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

ALLIANCE EVOLUTION; COMPLEX PROJECTS; CRITICAL RESOURCES; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FORMATION DYNAMICS; PROJECT; PROJECT TERMINATION; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84945243751     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2429     Document Type: Article

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