The red queen, success bias, and organizational inertia

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1237-1251

  Barnett, William P ^a   Pontikes, Elizabeth G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Organizational change; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE SUCCESS; COMPUTER INDUSTRIES; NEW DIRECTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL INERTIAS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 61849100058     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0808     Document Type: Article

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