On the path towards a competence-based theory of the firm

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1143-1164

  Freiling, Jrg ^a,c   Gersch, Martin ^b   Goeke, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence based view; Market process theory; Organizational 'ambiente'; Philosophy of science; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049085610     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608094774     Document Type: Article

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