Strategy and capabilities in the P-form corporation: Linking strategic direction with organizational capabilities

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 235-262

  Söderlund, Jonas ^a   Tell, Fredrik ^a  

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EID: 84885111963     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2011)0000028013     Document Type: Article

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