Mechanism of R&D network formation based on a network embeddedness game model

Journal of Management Analytics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 154-174

  Qiao, Junhua ^a   Yang, Zhongzhi ^b  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

asymmetric information; embeddedness game; level of embeddedness; misplaced trust loss; transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027415322     PISSN: 23270012     EISSN: 23270039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23270012.2015.1047904     Document Type: Article

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