The satisficing principle in capability learning

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 981-996

  Winter, Sidney G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Capabilities; Organizational learning; Satisficing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003188304     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200010/11)21:10/11<981::AID-SMJ125>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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