A true competitive advantage? Reflections on different epistemological approaches to strategy research
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Keywords
truth; strategy; competitive advantage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2006-06-24 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-HPE-2006-06-24 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-MKT-2006-06-24 (Marketing)
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