What corporate boards have to do with strategy: A cognitive perspective

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 953-975

  Rindova, Violina P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0033474057     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00165     Document Type: Article

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