From social ties to embedded competencies: The case of business groups

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-341

  Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^a   Zyglidopoulos, Stelios C ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business groups; Competitive advantage; Discrete competencies; Embedded competencies; Profit redistribution rules; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249127297     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-008-9064-7     Document Type: Article

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