The inside track: On the important (but neglected) role of customers in the resource-based view of strategy and firm growth

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1519-1548

  Zander, Ivo ^a   Zander, Udo ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 33645323686     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00555.x     Document Type: Review

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