On the suitability of the self-organizing map for analysis of the macro and firm level competitive environment: An empirical evaluation

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 402-419

  Länsiluoto, Aapo ^a   Eklund, Tomas ^b  

^a SEINÄJOKI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competitive analysis; Finland; Modelling; Paper pulp

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249132822     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810887221     Document Type: Article

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