Arriving at a strategic theory of the firm

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-323

  Phelan, Steven E ^a,b   Lewin, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0034365254     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2370.00044     Document Type: Article

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