Competitive advantage revisited Michael Porter on strategy and competitiveness

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-273

  Stonehouse, George ^a   Snowdon, Brian ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Competitiveness; Strategic management; Strategizing; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548745363     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492607306333     Document Type: Article

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