Explicating dynamic capabilities: The nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1319-1350

  Teece, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ecosystems; Cospecialization; Entrepreneurship; Global competitiveness; Innovation; Intangible assets; Managerial capitalism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COSPECIALIZATION; MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY; MICROFOUNDATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 36248939699     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.640     Document Type: Article

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