On the utilization of resources: Perspectives from the U.S. telecommunications industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 809-831

  Majumdar, Sumit K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Date envelopment analysis; Resource utilization; Resource based approach; Strategic benchmarking; Telecommunications industry; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001712517     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199809)19:9<809::AID-SMJ969>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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