Human assets and management dilemmas: Coping with hazards on the road to resource-based theory

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 374-402

  Coff, Russell W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031484148     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1997.9707154063     Document Type: Article

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