The relationships between intangible organizational elements and organizational performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1257-1278

  Carmeli, Abraham ^a   Tishler, Ashler ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complementarities; Intangible organizational elements; Organizational performance; Public sector organization

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CORE ELEMENTS; INTERNAL AUDITING; LABOR RELATIONS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW (RBV);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9144226539     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.428     Document Type: Article

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