Does industry matter in attributing organizational learning to its performance?: Evidence from the Taiwanese economy

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-563

  Yang, Chyan ^a   Wang, Yau De ^a   Niu, Han Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business performance; Competitiveness; Organizational learning; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34748859208     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380701376767     Document Type: Article

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