Learning, capability accumulation and firms differences: Evidence from latecomer steel

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 607-643

  Figueiredo, Paulo N ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEARNING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0041566736     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/12.3.607     Document Type: Article

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