Team performance between change and stability: The case of the Italian 'Serie A'

Journal of Sport Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-716

  Montanari, Fabrizio ^a   Silvestri, Giacomo ^b   Gallo, Edoardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55849089210     PISSN: 08884773     EISSN: 1543270X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsm.22.6.701     Document Type: Article

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