The role of irreversibilities in competitive interaction: Behavioral considerations from organization theory

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 187-207

  Chen, Ming Jer ^a   Venkataraman, S ^a   Sloan Black, Sylvia ^b   MacMillan, Ian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 12144270176     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1061     Document Type: Article

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