The competitive advantage of business units: Evidence from the integrated circuit industry

European Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-194

  Corsino, Marco ^a   Passarelli, Mariacarmela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business unit; Competitive advantage; Diversification; Product strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349208947     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.15     Document Type: Article

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