Knowledge for theory and practice

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 802-821

  Van De Ven, Andrew H ^a   Johnson, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33750387073     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2006.22527385     Document Type: Article

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