Attributive change in top management teams as a driver of strategic change

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-315

  Yokota, Riu ^a   Mitsuhashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demographic approach; Executive succession; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149184691     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9060-5     Document Type: Article

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