Driving dynamic knowledge articulation and dynamic capabilities development of service alliance firms

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2223-2242

  Lee, Po Yen ^a   Chen, Hung Hsin ^b   Shyr, Yi Hwan ^c  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alliance; Dynamic capability; Knowledge; Learning; Service

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 79960861959     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.504820     Document Type: Article

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