Top Managerial Cognitions, Past Performance, And Strategic Change: A Theoretical Framework

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 22, Issue , 2005, Pages 63-91

  Haleblian, Jerayr ^a   Rajagopalan, Nandini ^a  

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EID: 33645901215     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(05)22003-X     Document Type: Review

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