The (new) nature and essence of the firm

European Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-15

  Pitelis, Christos N ^a   Teece, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Essence; Firm; Innovation; Nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650260544     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.1     Document Type: Article

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