Information technology as a determinant of organizational learning and technological distinctive competencies

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-521

  Real, Juan C ^a   Leal, Antonio ^b   Roldán, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic capability; Information technology; Knowledge creation; Organizational learning; Technological distinctive competencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645908529     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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