Theory building at the intersection: Recipe for impact or road to nowhere?

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1076-1088

  Markóczy, Lívia ^b   Deeds, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 57649128295     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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