MULTI-LEVEL INFLUENCES ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: INSIGHTS FROM THE RESOURCE-BASED VIEW AND STRATEGIC GROUPS RESEARCH

Research in Multi-Level Issues

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-187

  Short, Jeremy C ^a   Palmer, Timothy B ^a   Ketchen, David J ^a  

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EID: 36148936768     PISSN: 14759144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-9144(03)02010-1     Document Type: Review

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