Managerial risk, innovation, and organizational decline

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-281

  Latham, Scott F ^a   Braun, Michael ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Financial slack; Innovation; Organizational decline

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649105289     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308321549     Document Type: Article

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