Prospering in Dynamically-competitive Environments: Organizational Capability as Knowledge Integration

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-387

  Grant, Robert M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive Advantage; Knowledge; Organizational Capability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030505108     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.4.375     Document Type: Article

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