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Towards “Stakeholder University” as dynamic learning network: the Finmeccanica case

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Over the past 10 years, a radical transformation processes is at work, in terms of converging industry boundaries and change rates in global-scale markets and industries, and increasing customer influence (Ghoshal and Bartlett 1997; Cusumano 2001).

The main forces that have determined this transformation process may be identified in (Marquardt 2002; Baets and Linden 2003)

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Maglione, R., Passiante, G. (2009). Towards “Stakeholder University” as dynamic learning network: the Finmeccanica case. In: Romano, A., Secundo, G. (eds) Dynamic Learning Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0251-1_6

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