Logistics capabilities for sustainable competitive advantage

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-75

  Sandberg, Erik ^a   Abrahamsson, Mats ^a  

^a Department of Management and Engineering ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Dynamic capabilities; Operational capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951683804     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2010.551110     Document Type: Article

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