Dynamic capabilities and strategic management

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 509-533

  Teece, David J ^a   Pisano, Gary ^b   Shuen, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Competences; Innovation; Knowledge assets; Path dependency; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342775775     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199708)18:7<509::AID-SMJ882>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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