Is slack good or bad for innovation?

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1245-1264

  Nohria, Nitin ^a   Gulati, Ranjay ^a  

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EID: 0030305353     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256998     Document Type: Article

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