Choosing Equity Stakes in Technology-Sourcing Relationships: An Integrative Framework

What factors should managers keep in mind when deciding on the level of equity ownership in a technology providing partner? Presents a framework based on existing research to answer this question, and also evaluates how a sample of senior managers actually decide equity ownership structures.

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