Skill and resource based competitive methods: Impact on firm performance

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-124

  Powers, Thomas L ^a   Hahn, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Southeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Company performance; Competitive strategy; Resources; Service; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986085999     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040210422664     Document Type: Article

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