Managing knowledge and corporate performance: An empirical analysis of the world automobile industry

Omega

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 551-568

  Vekstein, Daniel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automobile industry; Corporate performance; Dynamic modelling; Innovation; Management of knowledge; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE; CORPORATE PERFORMANCE; DYNAMICS MODELS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATION; MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RESEARCH STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0005614467     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(98)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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