Radical HRM innovation and competitive advantage: The Moneyball story

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-145

  Wolfe, Richard ^a   Wright, Patrick M ^b,c   Smart, Dennis L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Human Resource Studies ^*

^c School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645140793     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20100     Document Type: Review

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