Organisational learning and core capabilities development: The role of IT

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-127

  Andreu, Rafael ^a   Ciborra, Claudio ^b,c  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b Institut Theseus   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capability development; Learning; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001417890     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(96)80039-4     Document Type: Article

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