The effect of core change on performance: Inertia and regression toward the mean

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 590-614

  Greve, Henrich R ^a  

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EID: 0033247954     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666963     Document Type: Article

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