African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Rigidity and performance threshold: How routinization process affects dynamic capabilities

Qiguo Gong
  • Qiguo Gong
  • School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Zhiyuan Shang
  • Zhiyuan Shang
  • School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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  •  Received: 01 February 2018
  •  Accepted: 06 March 2018
  •  Published: 14 April 2018

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