Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration. Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company

Long Range Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-131

  Fjeldstad, Øystein D ^a   Ketels, Christian H M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE; MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

VALUE CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS; VALUE NETWORK ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DECISION MAKING; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33747182758     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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