Human resource management and competitive advantage: An application of resource-based view in the shipping industry

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 575-582

  Progoulaki, Maria ^a   Theotokas, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Human resources; Resource based view; Shipping

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FIRM SIZE; HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SHIPPING;

EID: 76449108239     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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