Managerial (In)attention to competitive threats

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-181

  McMullen, Jeffery S ^a,b   Shepherd, Dean A ^b   Patzelt, Holger ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

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EID: 58449102371     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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