Resource-based strategy and managerial power in networks of internationally dispersed technology units

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 999-1012

  Medcof, John W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dependency; Power; Resources; Structure; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011320458     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.192     Document Type: Article

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