Edith penrose’s organizational theory of the firm: Contract, conflict, knowledge and management

Organizations as Knowledge Systems: Knowledge, Learning and Dynamic Capabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 238-251

  Pitelis, Christos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230524545_11     Document Type: Chapter

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