To Protect Against Opportunism Within an Alliance Relationship, a Firm

question 41

Multiple Choice

To protect against opportunism within an alliance relationship, a firm could minimize the threat by:

• A)​Walling off critical capabilities.
• B)​Swapping critical capabilities through credible commitments.
• C) ​Holding each other "hostage."
• D) ​All of the above.

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