Competing through operations and supply: The role of classic and extended resource-based advantage

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1032-1058

  Lewis, Michael ^a   Brandon Jones, Alistair ^a   Slack, Nigel ^b   Howard, Mickey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Food service; Resource efficiency; Resource management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957079598     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571011082517     Document Type: Article

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