Competitive advantages of the latecomer firm: A resource-based account of industrial catch-up strategies

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-488

  Mathews, John A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Latecomer firm; Resource based view of strategy industrial catch up

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012233219     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020586223665     Document Type: Article

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