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Interorganizational Learning between Convergence and Cospecialization – A Knowledge-Based Typology of Strategic Alliances

Authors : Professor Dr. Dietrich von der Oelsnitz, Dr. Marcus Lorenz

Published in: Kompetenz, Interdisziplinarität und Komplexität in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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Strategic alliances have fascinated academic research throughout the last decades. As a dominant transactional form, they can create substantial firm value through the transfer, recombination and creation of knowledge. Few firms, however, excel at managing their strategic alliances successfully (Parise and Casher 2003).

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Title: Interorganizational Learning between Convergence and Cospecialization – A Knowledge-Based Typology of Strategic Alliances
Authors: Professor Dr. Dietrich von der Oelsnitz
Dr. Marcus Lorenz
Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Book: Kompetenz, Interdisziplinarität und Komplexität in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-03461-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-03462-7

Copyright Year: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03462-7_18

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