Should we be impressed with high performance?

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-298

  Denrell, Jerker ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford Graduate School of Business ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Luck; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944437253     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492605279100     Document Type: Review

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