(In)tangible resources as antecedents of a company's competitive advantage and performance

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-209

  Čater, Tomaž ^a   Čater, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Intangible resources; Intellectual capital; Performance; Structural equation modelling; Tangible resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849092233     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2009-2-186     Document Type: Article

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