Competitive advantage and strategy formulation. The key role of dynamic capabilities

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 661-669

  Vivas López, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Management strategy; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444431881     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510597699     Document Type: Article

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