Alike or not? Partner similarity and its outcome in horizontal cooperations between logistics service providers

Jan Simon Raue1, Carl Marcus Wallenburg2
1Technische Universitat Berlin
2The Kuehne-Foundation Chair of Logistics and Services Management, WHU—Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany

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