Organizational decline - A stimulus for innovation?

Business Horizons

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 25-34

  Mueller, George C ^a   McKinley, William ^b   Mone, Mark A ^a   Barker, Vincent L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042371819     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(01)80070-7     Document Type: Article

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