Toward a prescriptive theory of dynamic capabilities: Connecting strategic choice, learning, and competition

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 747-762

  Pisano, Gary P ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INVESTMENT; LEARNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 85038016122     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtx026     Document Type: Article

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