Organizational Learning and Interfirm Control: The Effects of Partner Search and Prior Exchange Experiences

Henri C. Dekker
Henri C. Dekker
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Department of Accounting, Amsterdam Research Center in Accounting, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Alexandra Van den Abbeele
Alexandra Van den Abbeele
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Department of Accounting, Finance and Insurance, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Department of Accounting, Amsterdam Research Center in Accounting, VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Alexandra Van den Abbeele

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Department of Accounting, Finance and Insurance, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

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Published Online:1 Feb 2010https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0505

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