Transactive Memory Systems: A Microfoundation of Dynamic Capabilities

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1375-1382

  Argote, Linda ^a   Ren, Yuqing ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Dynamic capabilities; Microfoundations; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869504341     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01077.x     Document Type: Note

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