Mitigating risks, visible hands, inevitable disasters, and soft variables: Management research that matters to managers

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-60

  Ford, Eric W ^d   Jack Duncan, W ^a   Bedeian, Arthur G ^c   Ginter, Peter M ^a   Rousculp, Matthew D ^b   Adams, Alice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Louisiana State University ^*

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EID: 0037308809     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AME.2003.9474811     Document Type: Review

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