Governing entrepreneurial opportunity recognition in MNEs: Aligning interests and cognition under uncertainty

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1278-1298

  Mahnke, Volker ^a   Venzin, Markus ^b   Zahra, Shaker A ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b NONE

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EID: 35948956009     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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