On the Edge: Heeding the Warnings of Unusual Events

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 482-499

  Marcus, Alfred A ^a   Nichols, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational Learning and Drift; Regulation; Resource Based View; Safety; Warnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033448186     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.4.482     Document Type: Article

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