Strategic Animation in Global Professional Services

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12 - Strategic Animation in Global Professional Services

A Case for Virtual Integration Processes in Network Organizations

from Part IV - Alliance Management Capability

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2019

Mitchell P. Koza and

Stephen Tallman

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Farok J. Contractor and

Jeffrey J. Reuer

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Farok J. Contractor: Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Jeffrey J. Reuer: Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder

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Information: Frontiers of Strategic Alliance Research
Negotiating, Structuring and Governing Partnerships
, pp. 204 - 215

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108236188.013 [Opens in a new window]

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