Learning from complexity: Effects of prior accidents and incidents on airlines' learning

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Haunschild, Pamela R ^a   Sullivan, Bilian Ni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038446400     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3094911     Document Type: Review

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