The external ties of top executives: Implications for strategic choice and performance

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 654-681

  Geletkanycz, Marta A ^a   Hambrick, Donald C ^a  

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EID: 0031283716     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393653     Document Type: Article

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