Models of competition between firms: The case of Slovenia’s (post)transitional economy

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-172

  Čater, Tomaž ^a   Pucko, Danijel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Firm; Forms of competitive advantage; Models of competition; Performance; Sources of competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849097014     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2006-2-140     Document Type: Article

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