The resource-based tangle: Towards a sustainable explanation of competitive advantage

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-307

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 14544270930     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1122     Document Type: Review

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