Market position, resource profile, and governance: Linking porter and Williamson in the context of international courier and small package services in Japan

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-273

  Nickerson, Jack A ^a   Hamilton, Barton H ^a   Wada, Tetsuo ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asset specificity; Information technology; Positioning, strategy; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010038443     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.159     Document Type: Article

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