Sustainable competitive advantage or temporary competitive advantage: Improving understanding of an important strategy construct

Journal of Strategy and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-180

  O'Shannassy, Tim ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Organizational performance; Resource management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857870511     PISSN: 1755425X     EISSN: 17554268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554250810926357     Document Type: Article

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