Organizational capital as competitive advantage of the firm

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-337

  Martín de Castro, Gregorio ^a   Navas López, José Emilio ^a   López Sáez, Pedro ^a   Alama Salazar, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asset management; Competitive advantage; Human resource management; Intellectual capital; Organizational structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747596226     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930610681438     Document Type: Review

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