The elephant in the room of dynamic capabilities: Bringing two diverging conversations together

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1389-1410

  Peteraf, Margaret ^a   Di Stefano, Giada ^b   Verona, Gianmario ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

cocitation analysis; development path; dynamic bundles; dynamic capabilities; resource based

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

AUTHOR COCITATION ANALYSIS; CO-CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTINGENCY-BASED APPROACH; CORE ELEMENTS; CRITICAL ISSUES; DEVELOPMENT PATH; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; RESOURCE-BASED;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886591776     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2078     Document Type: Article

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