Competitive strategy revisited: Contested concepts and dynamic capabilities

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-78

  Green, Stuart D ^a   Larsen, Graeme D ^a   Kao, Chung Chin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Contracting; Dynamic capabilities; Industry change; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; MANAGEMENT;

CASE STUDY; CONTRACTING; INDUSTRY CHANGE; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVENESS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 38849182328     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190701656174     Document Type: Article

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