Emerging logics of competition: Paradigm shift, fantasy, or reality check?

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-110

  Kinra, Aseem ^a   Antai, Imoh ^b  

^a Department of Operations Management Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Networking; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867066224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595421011029820     Document Type: Article

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