Organizational capabilities, patterns of knowledge accumulation and governance structures in business firms: An introduction

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1165-1185

  Dosi, Giovanni ^a   Faillo, Marco ^b   Marengo, Luigi ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Organizational knowledge; Problem solving; Routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049090180     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608094775     Document Type: Article

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