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2 - Understanding Contracting Behavior

The Role of Power

from Part I - Theory and Future Directions in Alliance Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2019

Farok J. Contractor
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Jeffrey J. Reuer
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
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Frontiers of Strategic Alliance Research
Negotiating, Structuring and Governing Partnerships
, pp. 40 - 54
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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