Revisiting business strategy under discontinuity

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1326-1358

  Ghezzi, Antonio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business model; Business strategy; Case study; Discontinuity; Management strategy; Mobile communication systems; Mobile technology; Resource management; Strategic management; Value network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884508372     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-05-2012-0388     Document Type: Article

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