Creative search and strategic sense-making: Missing dimensions in the concept of dynamic capabilities

British Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue SUPP. 1, 2009, Pages

  Pandza, Krsto ^a   Thorpe, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61849157505     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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