Reference theory: Strategic groups and competitive benchmarking

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1595-1621

  Panagiotou, George ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Competitive strategy; Strategic groups; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348941838     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710837988     Document Type: Article

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