Aligning manufacturing strategy and business-level competitive strategy in new competitive environments: The case for strategic resonance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 793-815

  Brown, Steve ^a   Blackmon, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20444472062     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00519.x     Document Type: Review

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