Knowledge-based Approaches to the Theory of the Firm: Some Critical Comments

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 470-476

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Existence and Boundaries of the Firm; Organizational Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030493750     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.5.470     Document Type: Review

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