Alliance contractual design

Handbook of Strategic Alliances

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 149-168

  Ariño, Africa ^a,b   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b IESE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84951175683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452231075.n9     Document Type: Chapter

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