In search of the élite: Revising a model of adaptive emulation with evidence from benchmaking teams

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-333

  Strang, David ^a   Still, Mary C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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INNOVATION;

EID: 2042483026     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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