Turnover events, vicarious information, and the reduced likelihood of outlet-level exit among small multiunit organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-131

  Kalnins, Arturs ^a   Swaminathan, Anand ^b   Mitchell, Will ^c  

^a 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Knowledge transfer; Multiunit organizations; Small business; Vicarious learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644593120     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1050.0174     Document Type: Review

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