Competitive advantage in interfirm cooperation: Old and new explanations

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-383

  Ritala, Paavo ^a   Ellonen, Hanna Kaisa ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867090313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595421011080751     Document Type: Article

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