Making the next move: How experiential and vicarious learning shape the locations of chains' acquisitions

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 766-801

  Baum, Joel A C ^a   Li, Stan Xiao ^a   Usher, John M ^a  

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EID: 0034337135     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2667019     Document Type: Article

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