Strategic management of business model transformation: Lessons from Nokia

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-647

  Aspara, Jaakko ^a   Lamberg, Juha Antti ^b   Laukia, Arjo ^b   Tikkanen, Henrikki ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business history; Business planning; Corporate strategy; Organizational change; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955647107     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111126521     Document Type: Article

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