The strategic deployment of quality-improving innovations

Journal of Business

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1049-1072

  Costa, Lui's Almeida ^a   Dierickx, Ingemar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSEAD   (France)

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EID: 23644449887     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429653     Document Type: Article

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