Testing a Life-Cycle Theory of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships: Movement Across Stages and Performance

Sandy D. Jap
Sandy D. Jap
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Goizueta Business School, Emory University, 1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Erin Anderson
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INSEAD, Boulevard de Constance, 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France
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Sandy D. Jap

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Goizueta Business School, Emory University, 1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322

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Erin Anderson

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INSEAD, Boulevard de Constance, 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France

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Published Online:1 Feb 2007https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1060.0610

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Volume 53, Issue 2

February 2007

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Received:July 27, 2005
Published Online:February 01, 2007

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Sandy D. Jap, Erin Anderson, (2007) Testing a Life-Cycle Theory of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships: Movement Across Stages and Performance. Management Science 53(2):260-275.

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