Edith Penrose, organisational economics and business strategy: An assessment and extension

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-82

  Pitelis, Christos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 15544387924     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1215     Document Type: Article

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