Survival-enhancing learning in the Manhattan Hotel Industry, 1898-1980

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 996-1016

  Baum, Joel A C ^a   Ingram, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Hotel Industry; Interorganizational Learning; Manhattan; Organizational Ecology; Organizational Failure; Organizational Learning

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; SURVIVAL ENHANCING LEARNING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032118186     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.7.996     Document Type: Review

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