In past decades when competition was limited, product lifecycles were long, and technological change was slow, achieving strategic fit was not a particularly difficult task. However, companies in the 1990s are confronted with intense domestic and foreign competition, short product life-cycles, rapid
The competitive advantage of embracing diversity
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Weight
- 22 KB
- Volume
- 2005
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1087-8149
- DOI
- 10.1002/ltl.130
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โฆ Synopsis
O rganizational researchers have long known that intangible assets such as corporate image and reputation can boost organizational performance and constitute major sources of competitive advantage.
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