Rethinking dynamic capabilities from a creative action perspective

Strategic Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 340-352

  MacLean, Donald ^a   MacIntosh, Robert ^b   Seidl, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capabilities; dynamic capabilities; organizational change; resource based view; strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947217877     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127015593274     Document Type: Article

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