Transaction cost perspectives on alliances and joint ventures: Explanatory power and empirical limitations

Handbook on International Alliance and Network Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 87-136

  Meyer, Klaus E ^a,b   Wang, Yi ^c  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

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EID: 84950249415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783475483.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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