A Co-opetition-Based Approach to Value Creation in Interfirm Alliances: Construction of a Measure and Examination of Its Psychometric Properties

Journal of Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1663-1699

  Rai, Rajnish Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

co opetition; scale development; survey based research; value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979895388     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313515525     Document Type: Article

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