Exposing strategic assets to create new competencies: The case of technological acquisition in the waste management industry in Europe and North America

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 635-671

  Delmas, Magali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0006405319     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/8.4.635     Document Type: Article

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