Knowledge capability, strategic change, and firm performance: The moderating role of the environment

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-179

  Goll, Irene ^a   Johnson, Nancy Brown ^b   Rasheed, Abdul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlines; Knowledge management; Strategic change; Strategic management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247153363     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710727223     Document Type: Article

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