The RBV and value creation: A managerial perspective

European Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 515-538

  Zubac, Angelina ^a   Hubbard, Graham ^b   Johnson, Lester W ^c  

^a Strategy Link ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Customer relations; Resource efficiency; Resource management; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956317170     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341011068921     Document Type: Article

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