Adding interpersonal learning and tacit knowledge to March's exploration-exploitation model

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 709-722

  Miller, Kent D ^a   Zhao, Meng ^b   Calantone, Roger J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749010917     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.22083027     Document Type: Review

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