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Rethinking Dynamic Capabilities for a Digital World: A Bibliometric Analysis of Emerging Trends and Conceptual Shifts

Studies in Business and Economics
Volume 20 (2025): Issue 1 (April 2025)
By: Claudia Ogrean  
Open Access
|May 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2025-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2344-5416 | Journal ISSN: 1842-4120
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Language: English
Page range: 374 - 391
Published on: May 15, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
dynamic capabilities,
digital transformation,
digital capabilities,
ecosystem strategy,
socio-technical adaptability
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Business development, change management, cooperation,
Entrepreneurship

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