Knowledge and capabilities: A new view of the firm

Resources, Technology and Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 31-51

  Metcalfe, J Stanley ^a   James, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203982259-11     Document Type: Chapter

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