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The trade-off between efficiency and learning in inter-organizational relationships

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  • Sobrero, Maurizio.
  • Roberts, Edward Baer.

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Cover title. A previous version of this paper was presented at the Consortium on Cooperation and Competitiveness Colloquium, Cambridge, April 20-21, 1996.

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  • Sobrero, Maurizio. & Roberts, Edward Baer., 1996. "The trade-off between efficiency and learning in inter-organizational relationships," Working papers 3896-96., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
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