From corporate strategy to business-level advantage: Relatedness as resource congruence

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 365-381

  D'Aveni, Richard A ^a   Ravenscraft, David J ^b   Anderson, Philip ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (Singapore)

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EID: 13244268392     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1196     Document Type: Article

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