Racial diversity, business strategy, and firm performance: A resource-based view

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-177

  Richard, Orlando C ^a  

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EID: 0034340867     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556374     Document Type: Article

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