Stakeholder cohesion, innovation, and competitive advantage

Corporate Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-405

  Minoja, Mario ^a,b   Zollo, Maurizio ^a   Coda, Vittorio ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Dynamics; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956138746     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701011069632     Document Type: Article

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