Evolutionary perspectives on the capability accumulation process

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 822-849

  Pandža, Krsto ^a   Polajnar, Andrej ^a   Buchmeister, Borut ^a   Thorpe, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abilities; Operations management; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043241678     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570310486310     Document Type: Article

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