Balancing specialized and generic capabilities in the provision of integrated solutions

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-131

  Ceci, Federica ^a   Masini, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MODEL TEST;

EID: 79251574659     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq069     Document Type: Article

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