Interweaving of the sources and forms of a firm’s competitive advantage: A critical review of the adequacy of existing schools of thought

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-36

  Cater, Tomaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Competitive advantage; Firm; Industrial organisation; Knowledge; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995324220     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2005-1-7     Document Type: Article

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