Competitive advantage in the UK food retailing sector: Past, present and future

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 157-173

  Harris, Lloyd C ^a   Ogbonna, Emmanuel ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Firm attributes; Food retailing; Industry level factors; Resource based view; Sustainable competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FOOD INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035089107     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6989(00)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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