Chartering new territory: Diversification, legitimacy, and practice area creation in professional service firms

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1101-1121

  Gardner, Heidi K ^a,d   Anand, N ^b   Morris, Timothy ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55749108204     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.557     Document Type: Article

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