Cognition and hierarchy: Rethinking the microfoundations of capabilities' development

Organization Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 599-617

  Gavetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Cognition; Hierarchy; Organizational search

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144520455     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1050.0140     Document Type: Article

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