High-technology firms' perceptions of their international competitiveness

Strategic Change

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 129-138

  Jones, Marian V ^a   Crick, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41049114315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.522     Document Type: Article

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