Integrating strategic groups and the resource based perspective: Understanding the competitive process

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 458-470

  Leask, Graham ^a   Parnell, John A ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate genomes; Pharmaceuticals; Resource based view; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744434954     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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