Strategic and competitive success: Towards a model of the comprehensively competent organization

Management Decision

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 5-19

  Thompson, John ^a   Richardson, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Company failures; Competences; Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy; Organizational change; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163106     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749610110274     Document Type: Article

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