Bounded rationality and tacit knowledge in the organizational capabilities approach: An assessment and a re-evaluation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-201

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0012170464     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/12.2.185     Document Type: Article

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