Managerial decision making and firm performance under a resource-based paradigm

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1164-1182

  Kunc, Martin H ^a   Morecroft, John D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asset interconnectedness; capabilities; managerial cognition; managerial decision making; resource based view of the firm; simulation and dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASSET INTERCONNECTEDNESS; CAPABILITIES; MANAGERIAL COGNITION; MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; SIMULATION AND DYNAMICS;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 78249276842     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.858     Document Type: Article

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