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Original Articles

Partners Connection Process and Spatial Effects: New Insights from a Comparative Inter-Organizational Partnerships Analysis

Pages 975-994 | Received 01 Jul 2012, Accepted 01 Nov 2012, Published online: 11 Jan 2013

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