Coevolutionary competence in the realm of corporate longevity: How long-lived firms strategically renew themselves

Research in Competence-Based Management

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 281-313

  Kwee, Zenlin ^a   Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^a   Volberda, Henk W ^a  

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EID: 79959262037     PISSN: 17442117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1744-2117(08)04008-5     Document Type: Article

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