Exploiting Synergy for Competitive Advantage

Long Range Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 481-482

  Gruca, Thomas S ^a   Nath, Deepika ^b   Mehra, Ajay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0011293889     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-6301(97)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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