Learning from failures: Why it may not happen

Long Range Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 281-298

  Baumard, Philippe ^a,c   Starbuck, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

KEY IMPEDIMENTS; LEARNING FROM FAILURES; STRATEGIC FAILURES; TELECOMMUNICATION FIRM;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; SERVICE SECTOR; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21844457131     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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